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Study says a GSL pipeline is not only incredibly expensive, but very polluting
of water development, drought and a changing climate. It presents a significant ecological threat to northern Utah with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and harms to public health and wildlife. The idea of a pipeline from the Pacific Ocean to the...
January 4, 2024
Utah asks for Great Salt Lake lawsuit to be dismissed
drought and climate change. The Great Salt Lake's dramatic declines create an ecologic crisis for the state with toxic dust (arsenic is a naturally occurring mineral in the lake bed), impacts to public health and wildlife and even harms to Utah's...
December 21, 2023
Flurry of water reuse claims threatens to take more water from Great Salt Lake
would harm the public welfare. And depleting more water that would otherwise reach the Great Salt Lake, turning it into a toxic dust bowl and source of endangered species listings, is arguably not beneficial or good for the welfare of Utahns. “Whether...
December 21, 2023
Cox favors 'healthy range' for Great Salt Lake, seeks to address toxic dust
SALT LAKE CITY — A critical report on the future of the Great Salt Lake has been delivered to Governor Spencer Cox and legislative leadership. Now, the governor will have to decide on a course of action. The report, prepared by newly appointed Great...
December 21, 2023
The world needs to feed 10 billion people. The Great Salt Lake could teach us how.
beings both currently living, and those yet to be born. “In addition to significant local and regional impacts such as toxic dust and lack of snow along the Wasatch Front, there are more far-reaching implications,” Anderson says. “It truly affects...
December 5, 2023
A highly-anticipated report on saving the Great Salt Lake is delivered to Utah leaders
of water diversion, drought and a changing climate. It presents an ecological and economic threat to the state with toxic dust storms (arsenic and other harmful chemicals are naturally occurring in the exposed lake bed), reduced snowpack, as well as...
December 5, 2023
Why save the Great Salt Lake? A special report
intense public scrutiny by Utahns and the world alike, the focus has been on the disaster posed by the disappearing lake. Toxic dust storms, food chain collapse, bird die-offs. But what if we flip the question and wonder: What opportunities open up if...
November 30, 2023
Study shines more light on toxins in Great Salt Lake dust
Research group claims the lake’s sediment could cause neural disease, but local scientist raises concerns over research methods. Contaminants from toxic algal blooms may be blowing in the Great Salt Lake’s dust. Researchers with the Jackson Hole,...
November 16, 2023
Great Salt Lake rally brings Native and youth voices to Utah’s Capitol Hill
is expected to reach a new low next summer, further shrinking important wetland habitat for millions of birds and blowing toxic dust onto communities across the Wasatch Front. Event organizer Will Munger, also a graduate student in USU’s Department of...
November 16, 2023
Utah lawmaker wants to pump millions of gallons of groundwater near the Great Salt Lake
A leading politician who called out companies for wanting to use more water in an over-tapped system finds an exception of his own. Rep. Mike Schultz, the Utah House majority leader, has filed two applications to drill wells near the Great Salt Lake....
November 16, 2023
Bills getting conserved water to Great Salt Lake, bans on outdoor watering introduced
as a result of water diversion, drought and climate change. It has the potential to be an ecological catastrophe with toxic dust storms (arsenic is a naturally occurring chemical in the lake), harms to public health and wildlife and the economy (there...
November 13, 2023
Utah proposes new rules on lithium extraction to protect the Great Salt Lake
low last year as a result of water diversion, drought and climate change, presents a significant threat to the state with toxic dust, reduced snowpack and harms to public health, wildlife and the economy. Utah political leaders have made saving the...
October 18, 2023
What the Utah legislature has planned to help the Great Salt Lake
drought and climate change. It has alarmed political leaders and the public alike as a dried up lake can result in toxic dust storms (arsenic is a naturally-occurring mineral in the lake), reduced snowpack, and significant impacts to public health,...
October 17, 2023
Utah lawmakers scrutinize $40 million to get water into Great Salt Lake
water into it. The lake's decline presents an ecological crisis for Utah with significant impacts to public health with toxic dust storms and reduced snowpack, as well as harms to wildlife that use the lake as a refuge and more than a billion dollars in...
October 11, 2023
Inland port proposes wetland protections near Great Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake. The lake, which dropped to a record low last year, presents its own ecological crisis for the state with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack, impacts to Utah's economy and harms to public health and wildlife. Details of the wetlands...
October 4, 2023
'Our state is up to the task': New initiative seeks to solve Great Salt Lake's woes
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of researchers and other prominent figures are seeking the help of thousands to solve the Great Salt Lake's woes once and for all, as the lake's water levels remain well below the healthy mark even after a welcomed bump from...
October 4, 2023
Utah ends water year up, but Great Salt Lake is down again
considered ecologically healthy. A shrinking lake creates many problems for Utah with exposed lake bed that whips up toxic dust (arsenic is a naturally-occurring mineral buried in the lake bed), reduces snowpack in the mountains and harms public health,...
October 3, 2023
'It's basically on us': Experts, lawmakers weigh what's next to help ailing Great Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah water experts agree that Utahns must continue to make changes to how they consume water for communities to avoid consequences tied to the drying Great Salt Lake, which reached an all-time low last year. Experts who attended a...
October 3, 2023
What Salt Lake City's mayoral candidates have to say about Great Salt Lake's future
such little time to drastically act. It's alarming when scientists say that Utah may be unlivable if the lake fails with toxic dust clouds that lay at the bottom of the lake. We have no choice but to save the lake and act now." Anderson: "The threatened...
September 28, 2023
SLC mayoral candidate Michael Valentine answers 10 questions about Great Salt Lake
such little time to drastically act. It’s alarming when scientists say that Utah may be unlivable if the lake fails with toxic dust clouds that lay at the bottom of the lake. We have no choice but to save the lake and act now. 2. What’s your plan for...
September 27, 2023
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