ISSUE: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
On January 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed into law, with overwhelming bipartisan support, the nation’s bedrock environmental law: the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).…
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ISSUE: Yucca Mountain
As the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tries to change nuclear waste storage standards despite the loud opposition to such changes, a core problem in the world…
NEWS: EPA pollution changes pile on to the coronavirus crisis
The Salt Lake TribuneBy Dr. Scott WilliamsApril 4, 2020 At the core of almost every effort to protect the environment is an attempt to protect…
PRESS RELEASE: Trump Administration’s EPA Proposes to Approve Utah’s Weak Regional Haze Plan
Trump Administration’s EPA Proposes to Approve Utah’s Weak Regional Haze Plan Strips Air Pollution Reducing Requirements for National Parks and Local Communities Salt Lake City,…
NEWS: Emission Impossible
Kelan LyonsCity WeeklyFebruary 13, 2019 Local and state leaders worried about air quality met at the Capitol on Wednesday to send a message to Utah’s…
NEWS: Utah reactions to Paris climate change departure mixed
By Dennis Romboy and Amy Joi O’Donoghue Published: June 1, 2017. Clean air advocates, Salt Lake City’s mayor and coal critics decried President Donald Trump’s…