Utah

A Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah’s Redrock Country

Two Utah Congress members have introduced a resolution that could end protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Conservation groups worry similar maneuvers on other federal lands will follow.

By Georgina Gustin

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is Yet Again Under Threat, This Time From Congress

By Wyatt Myskow

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

At Rallies in Utah and Wyoming, PacifiCorp Customers Urge the Utility to Pursue Renewables

By Jake Bolster

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows

By Wyatt Myskow

Supreme Court Backs a Controversial Railroad in Utah for Carrying Oil

By Lisa Sorg

Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah

By Wyatt Myskow

New PacifiCorp Forecast Sees More Fossil-Fueled Electricity. How Will That Affect Western Energy Jobs?

By Jake Bolster

Snowflakes, Death Threats and Dollar Signs: Cloud Seeding Is at a Crossroads

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains

By Wyatt Myskow

To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa

By Wyatt Myskow

Utah’s Quixotic Bid To Wrest Millions Of Acres From The Federal Government

By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler

Despite Biden Administration Proposals to Address Colorado River Shortages, a Solution Is Far Off

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado River States Are Separated by a ‘Giant Chasm’ in Negotiations

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Western States and Industry Groups Unite to Block BLM’s Conservation Priority Land Rule

By Najifa Farhat

How a Tiny Inland Shorebird Could Help Save the Great Salt Lake

By Wyatt Myskow

A Plumbing Issue at This Lake Powell Dam Could Cause Big Trouble for Western Water

By Alex Hager, KUNC