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After Great Salt Lake bill stalls, some question legislature's commitment

D-Millcreek, asked his legislative colleagues for $72,000 to expand air monitoring around the Great Salt Lake because of toxic dust. Rep. Owens, who co-chairs the legislature's newly-formed Great Salt Lake Caucus, told FOX 13 News he was not concerned...
February 3, 2023

Small caucus of Utah lawmakers will push Great Salt Lake bills

and climate change. The harms from an exposed lake bed present an environmental and economic crisis for the state with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack, impacts to wildlife and public health. Rep. Owens said he is optimistic the legislature will pass...
February 1, 2023

Water, Great Salt Lake bills to be unveiled in the Utah State Legislature

there still is a long ways to go. A declining lake presents an environmental catastrophe for Utah with reduced snowpack, toxic dust storms and impacts to public health, wildlife and the economy. Lawmakers are expected to spend upwards of $500 million on...
January 29, 2023

Utah lawmakers unveil two pieces of ‘historic’ legislation for the Great Salt Lake

at that level, Blouin said, was in 2012. Currently, the lake is around 4,190 feet, leaving levels low and vulnerable to toxic dust. “There’s no specific timeline here,” Blouin said. “The date is, unofficially, as soon as possible.” According to Frankel,...
January 26, 2023

Utah, Salt Lake leaders unveil new plans to improve the struggling Great Salt Lake

state of the community this month. That's because the lake's downfall exposes the areas surrounding the lake to its toxic dust plumes among other potential issues. The lake also contributes to more than $1.3 billion and 7,700 jobs in local economic...
January 25, 2023

Bills begin to be introduced to save the Great Salt Lake

for the state as a result of water diversion, climate change and drought. There are impacts to Utah's economy, wildlife, toxic dust storms and reduced snowpack. The drying up and potential disappearance of the Great Salt Lake is the existential crisis...
January 25, 2023

Scientists sounded the alarm about the Great Salt Lake. Are lawmakers listening?

to recover from. At stake are millions of migrating birds, multimillion dollar lake-based industries, along with a toxic dust problem for the millions of people living near the lake’s shores. “We’re not at a time we can take another five or 10 years to...
January 18, 2023

'On my watch we are not allowing the lake to go dry,' Utah's governor says of Great Salt Lake

water diversion, a changing climate and Utah's mega-drought. It presents an ecological catastrophe for northern Utah with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack, impacts to wildlife and public health and a multi-billion hit to the state's economy. While...
January 13, 2023

Researchers, environmental groups call for 'emergency rescue' of Great Salt Lake

climate to its lowest levels in recorded history. A declining lake presents an existential threat to Utah. There's toxic dust storms, decreased snowpack, billions in economic losses and the loss of habitat for millions of migratory birds and other...
January 11, 2023

Great Salt Lake set to vanish in 5 years, experts warn Utah lawmakers

Utah has months to reverse the lake’s decline before it’s too late, according to a dire report. Days before Utah lawmakers are set to convene, dozens of researchers are calling on them to take bold action and save the Great Salt Lake before it withers...
January 5, 2023

Dear Legislature: Here’s what you can do in 2023 to save the Great Salt Lake

of property tax revenue to fund water infrastructure, treatment, and delivery.” Meanwhile, researchers have also found toxic dust is already blowing from the Great Salt Lake’s sprawling exposed bed, creating a public health risk to millions living on...
January 3, 2023

Reports call for more water saving measures and help for the Great Salt Lake

and the environment. The report warned of the impacts of water levels dropping to new lows and the increasing threat of toxic dust storms. "Honestly we’re not seeing huge inflows into the lake anymore. That’s because humans are using a lot of it. As a...
December 15, 2022

‘We must do whatever is necessary’: Mitt Romney’s bill funding study of Great Salt Lake sails through Senate

Shriveling salty lakes across the Great Basin, including the Great Salt Lake, will receive millions to aid scientific assessment. A bipartisan bill meant to address declining saline lakes in the West, including the Great Salt Lake, passed the U.S....
December 8, 2022

Great Salt Lake levels stabilize — for now

drought and climate change. It has become an ecological and economic crisis for the state with reduced snowpack, toxic dust and impacts to people's health and wildlife. State leaders have reacted by enacting water conservation policies and funding to...
November 22, 2022

The Great Salt Lake’s ecological collapse has begun

to find a way to make the lake rise again, it faces major consequences now, including endangeredspecies listings and toxic dust storms. “To what extent have you lost a lot of important muscle tissue of your heart because you waited,” de Freitas said,...
November 20, 2022

Cox issues proclamation cutting off some water diversions to help the Great Salt Lake

and climate change. Its decline presents an ecological and economic crisis for the state with diminished snowpack, toxic dust and impacts to public health and wildlife. State leaders have rushed to try to reverse the declines, spending millions on water...
November 18, 2022

New initiative aims to get people to 'fall in love' with the Great Salt Lake again

across the U.S. and Western Hemisphere. While state leaders work to find solutions to growing concerns regarding toxic dust and other issues with the lake, he is worried about what it means for the key habitat the lake provides for some 10 million birds...
November 18, 2022

Competing news outlets are working together to save the Great Salt Lake. Is it working?

and hosted community conversations. You know all about the problems Utah faces as the Great Salt Lake flounders, leaving toxic dust under a thin layer of dried lakebed as the water retreats. Dangerous air quality. Collapse of industry. Suffering...
November 18, 2022

Students get expansive Great Salt Lake experience

about the Great Salt Lake and its impact on them and their communities. Junior Nayeli Lazareno said learning about the toxic dust from the drying lakebed was concerning. "It's scary, super scary. It's going to make our air pollution very bad," she said....
November 17, 2022

What role can history play in saving the Great Salt Lake, solving Utah's water woes?

and an extensive monitoring system," the Deseret News reported, as communities by the lake were exposed to similar toxic dust that the drying Great Salt Lake lakebed holds. The biggest difference is the number of people by the lakes — about 40,000 near...
November 16, 2022

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