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A Proposed Utah Railway Could Quadruple Oil Production in the Uinta Basin, if Colorado Communities Don’t Derail the Project

Opponents say the rail line goes against the Biden administration’s efforts to fight climate change and could cause an East Palestine-type disaster on the Colorado River.

By Wyatt Myskow

A rig provides maintenance on an oil well in the canyon country of Utah. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The Hemenway boat ramp at the marina on Lake Mead, a reservoir on the Colorado River that has dropped significantly. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

State Tensions Rise As Water Cuts Deepen On The Colorado River

By Aydali Campa

Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, speaks during the press conference introducing the Republican Climate Caucus outside of the Capitol on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Q&A: A Republican Congressman Hopes to Spread a New GOP Engagement on Climate from Washington, D.C. to Glasgow

By Judy Fahys

Sandstone formations are shown here in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on May 10, 2017 outside Boulder, Utah. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Restoring Utah National Monument Boundaries Highlights a New Tactic in the Biden Administration’s Climate Strategy

By Judy Fahys

Devastation is seen after the Pine Gulch Fire on Aug. 27, 2020 near De Beque, Colorado. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Climate Change Ravaged the West With Heat and Drought Last Year; Many Fear 2021 Will Be Worse

By Judy Fahys

A firefighter douses flames as they push towards homes during the Creek fire in the Cascadel Woods area of unincorporated Madera County, California on September 7, 2020.

A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West

By Michael Kodas

Maleta "Queen" Kimmons stands at the North Minneapolis O'Reilly Auto Parts store on Broadway Ave. The store was destroyed during a recent demonstration for George Floyd. Credit: Katie G. Nelson

Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice

By David Hasemyer, Ilana Cohen, Judy Fahys, Kristoffer Tigue, Nicholas Kusnetz

Keith Lawrence, a biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife who tracks Columbia spotted frogs each spring, reaches for a mass of spotted frog eggs.

In the Mountains and Deserts of Utah, Columbia Spotted Frogs Are Sentinels of Climate Change

By Judy Fahys

The Cedar Mesa Ruins, were within the Bears Ears National Monument created by President Obama in 2016, but were removed by President Trump in 2017. Now, the Trump administration’s recently finalized guidelines allow drilling, mining and development on 2 m

Drilling, Mining Boom Possible But Unlikely Under Trump’s Final Plan for Southern Utah Lands

By Judy Fahys

Smog trapped in the Salt Lake valley by a temperature inversion. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Has Conservative Utah Turned a Corner on Climate Change?

By Judy Fahys

Sticky bitumen oozes from a rock in a tar sands test pit on the nearly 6,000 acr

Nation's First Tar Sands Mine Gets Greenlight

By David Hasemyer

Water from a spigot at the PR Spring mine site

Free Pass on Water Pollution in Utah?

By David Hasemyer

John Weisheit, Conservation Director of Living Rivers

Utah Oil Sands Mine Clears Hurdle

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News

U.S. Oil Sands, a Canadian company, has leased about 32,000 acres in Utah for ta

Nation's First Tar Sands Mine Stirs Water, Environmental Fears

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News

The Green River in Utah.

Nuke Protest for a Tiny Utah Town

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News

The Green River in Utah

Utah Nuclear Plan Reignites Water War

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News

Tim DeChristopher speaks to supporters.

Tim DeChristopher Found Guilty of Fraud

By Bibi van der Zee, Guardian

Tim DeChristopher speaking to the media

In Utah, Tim DeChristopher Trial Begins

By Bibi van der Zee, Guardian

Athabasca South? Activity Hints at Tar Sands Development in Utah

By Dave Levitan

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