News: Utah lawmakers switch votes, pass Rocky Mountain Power clean energy bill
Robert Walton Utility Dive March 14, 2016 Dive Brief: Lawmakers in the Utah House have signed off on the Sustainable Transportation and Energy Plan Act,…
News: Session ends in mixed bag for environment, energy issues
Amy Joi O’Donoghue The Deseret News March 10, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY — Perhaps the most controversial environmental issue of the 2016 Legislature was the…
Op-ed: Utah air-quality regulators deny the public a chance to be heard
Joro Walker and Tim Wagner The Salt Lake Tribune March 12, 2016 The year 2016 has been another bad one for air quality in northern…
News: Lawmakers Approve $53 Million for California Port
Judy Fahys KUER 90.1 March 10, 2016 Almost half of the revenue generated from mineral mining on federal lands comes back to Utah. It’s typically…
News: Utah Legislature OKs $53 million cash swap to fund Oakland coal port
Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune March 10, 2016 Legislators approved a fund-swapping scheme Thursday to commit $53 million to help build a deep-water port…
News: 13 Utah lawmakers change votes, pass Rocky Mountain Power plan
Emma Penrod The Salt Lake Tribune March 10, 2016 Advocates’ hopes for an unexpected air quality victory were raised, then dashed Thursday night when the…
News: Contentious Rocky Mountain Power bill fails, but backers may try resuscitation
Emma Penrod The Salt Lake Tribune March 10, 2016 Rocky Mountain Power’s STEP legislation failed narrowly in the House Thursday afternoon, but environmentalists remain concerned…
News: Amended Rocky Mountain Power bill moves forward as opponents go neutral
Emma Penrod The Salt Lake Tribune March 8, 2016 The controversial bill tied to Rocky Mountain Power’s STEP initiative is on its way to the…
News: Utah environmental regulators vote down air-emission rules brought by local groups
Emma Penrod The Salt Lake Tribune March 2, 2016 Asking the public to review a set of air-emissions proposals drafted by local environmental groups would be…
News: Psychology & Air Quality On Tuesday’s Access Utah
Tom Williams Utah Public Radio March 1, 2016 “It’s a sight Utahns are all too familiar with — gray, smoggy air filled with dangerous particulate…