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The latest on what El Niño means for the ski season
Dennis Romboy, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 5 - 11:36 a.m. | Save Story
As the opening of the ski season moves closer, the predicted Super El Niño continues to gain strength. But what it means for mountain resorts in Utah and the West remains cloudy.
Can Colorado make oil companies pay for climate damage? The Supreme Court will soon decide
Leah Bowers, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 4 - 9:50 p.m. | Save Story
The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on whether state courts can push the price of climate change onto energy companies — which will influence environmental lawsuits across the country.
Why even resilient forests are struggling to regrow after wildfires
Taylor Romine, CNN | Updated Oct. 4 - 4:41 p.m. | Save Story
As Monica Turner trekked across the western hills of Yellowstone National Park, the cold rain was inescapable. Even the constant movement of putting one foot in front of the other as she fought through a slew of dense branches could not warm her body. It was easy to forget it was July.
New visitor and learning center opens at Antelope Island State Park
VideoAlex Cabrero, KSL | Posted Oct. 3 - 10:32 p.m. | Save Story
The new Antelope Island visitor and learning center held a public open house Friday after years of planning and two years of construction.
Utah State team launches data center initiative, initial survey shows most oppose them
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Oct. 3 - 3:32 p.m. | Save Story
A team of Utah State academics launched an initiative to broaden understanding about data centers. A survey they led shows most in Utah oppose such facilities.
$6K reward offered after elk shot, left for dead at private farm
Randall Jeppesen and Joe R. Wirthlin Jr, KSL | Posted Oct. 2 - 12:23 p.m. | Save Story
A $6,000 reward is being offered by the Utah Department of Agriculture after an unknown person shot an elk at a private farm.
A trail near Moab could help shape the future of accessible public lands
Kevin Lind, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 1 - 10:32 p.m. | Save Story
Just a few weeks after Steve Pearce was sworn in as the director of the Bureau of Land Management this past May, he traveled to Grand Junction, Colorado — the agency's brief, former national headquarters — for a round table discussion with two presidential cabinet members.
'Data Center Revolt' tour stops in Brigham City, stressing importance of public involvement
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Oct. 1 - 9:11 a.m. | Save Story
Participants in the nationwide Data Center Revolt tour stopped in Utah, stressing the importance of public involvement in data center planning and AI expansion.
Senate unveils bipartisan deal tackling energy and data centers — but wind and solar questions remain
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 1 - 8:18 a.m. | Save Story
A bipartisan group of senators released the permitting reform deal aimed at expediting the approval of certain projects and lowering energy costs, reviving hope that a national framework could be approved.
Box Elder County data center plans quietly edging ahead though debate has died down
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Oct. 1 - 6:21 a.m. | Save Story
The controversial Box Elder County data center plans, at the center of three lawsuits, are quietly edging ahead though the loud debate on the issue has died down.
Nuclear-powered AI data center proposed on state and federal land in central eastern Utah
VideoBrenna Donnelly, KSL | Updated Sept. 30 - 5:02 p.m. | Save Story
Land for what could become a new AI data center powered by nuclear energy has been approved for lease in central eastern Utah.
The world's largest oat milk producer has joined an unusual climate journalism campaign
Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press | Updated Sept. 30 - 11:46 a.m. | Save Story
Oatly, the world's largest producer of oat milk, is sending a new message to its consumers: Most people want their governments to take action on climate change.
South Korea embraces a huge shark slowly circling a canal in the country's biggest port city
Kim Tong-hyung, Associated Press | Updated Sept. 30 - 9:19 a.m. | Save Story
A huge gray shark named Bukangi has become an honorary mascot in South Korea's biggest port city while slowly circling a canal where it's been trapped for nearly two weeks.
John Curtis pushed to fast-track wildfire prevention bill on Senate floor — and it worked
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News | Posted Sept. 30 - 8:31 a.m. | Save Story
The Senate unanimously approved a wildfire emissions bill aimed at helping states prevent wildfires after Utah Sen. John Curtis used a fast-track procedure to expedite its passage.
What is cyanobacteria? We asked the experts about the toxin that can invade your favorite lake
Kaitlyn Hart, East Idaho News | Posted Sept. 30 - 7:48 a.m. | Save Story
If you've ever decided against swimming in a lake that looked a little green, here's why you made the right decision.
Eastern Idaho spud harvest underway as farmers grapple with drought, heat
Rett Nelson, East Idaho News | Posted Sept. 30 - 7:02 a.m. | Save Story
As spud harvest gets underway in eastern Idaho, many farmers are expecting to have lower yields than last year.
'Get informed': Participants in data center discussion stress importance of involvement on issue
Tim Vandenack, KSL | Posted Sept. 29 - 10:03 a.m. | Save Story
As more data center proposals emerge in Utah, participants in a panel discussion on the issue stressed the importance among the public of getting involved.
Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California with forecast of 'life-threatening' winds
Martin Silva Rey and Megan Janetsky, Associated Press | Updated Sept. 29 - 9:01 a.m. | Save Story
Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California, Mexico, with life-threatening winds and flash flooding.
