Salt Lake City congregation opts to divest endowment's fossil fuel assets
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 15:57:22 -0700 | green-news
The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 35 minutes ago Updated 30 minutes ago The First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, inspired by the fossil-fuel divestment movement underway at the nation's universities, voted Sunday to scrap any assets in oil,...
Utah video contest zooms in on clearing the smog
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 14:53:43 -0700 | green-news
Everybody can be doing something, and it wouldn't take much time out of your day," Kam said. "It would help so much." The contest is underway just in time for Utah's smog season, which starts in earnest in June and...
Temple Square trees cut down, will be replaced
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 03:59:25 -0700 | green-news
Get news, sports and politics alerts (Francisco Kjolseth The Salt Lake Tribune) Crews cut down the large trees that line the outside of Temple Square along South Temple near Main Street on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A city spokesman said...
Willard Bay aflame? Don't worry, it's intentional
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 07:36:13 -0700 | green-news
Don't worry, it's intentional Prescribed burn » Wildlife, Forestry officials targeting invasive reed. The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 1 hour ago Updated 53 minutes ago Is that Willard Bay aflame?...But the Utah Department of Natural Resources says you can...
Drought, other climate cycles, settling into Utah
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 12:41:21 -0700 | green-news
Rob Gillies, director of the climate center and speaker Friday at the latest Utah State University Sunrise session, pointed to scientific research his team has done in recent years on global patterns of precipitation and temperature cycles that play out...
Salt Lake City offers free electronic waste recycling events
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 08:15:02 -0700 | green-news
E-waste accepted at the community collection events include: computers, computer parts, televisions, cell phones, printers, scanners and cameras. "Salt Lake City is offering a series of free e-waste recycling events to give residents an opportunity to dispose of electronics in...
New report urges swift climate action in the Southwest
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-03 17:28:59 -0700 | green-news
The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 9 minutes ago Updated 6 minutes ago The most sweeping study so far of the region's changing climate retraces some familiar terrain for Utahns, and it urges leaders to roll up their sleeves for...
Tiger beetle protections expand at Coral Pink Sand Dunes
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-03 17:28:56 -0700 | green-news
The agency is to decide by the end of September whether to list the beetle as threatened. Such a listing would designate the northern two-thirds of the dunes as critical habitat for the beetle and exclude ATVs from what has...
Gasp. More pollution cuts needed for Utah to meet clean-air standards.
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 17:43:06 -0700 | green-news
More pollution cuts needed for Utah to meet clean-air standards. The Salt Lake Tribune First Published 41 minutes ago Updated 41 minutes ago Solving the Wasatch Front's winter smog just got harder at least on paper. That's because updated number-crunching...
American bald eagles battle with each other over a piece of dead carp
Source: Mail Online UK
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-04-28 16:22:37 -0700 | green-news
They can fly as high as 10,000 feet, they have incredible eyesight and they even make good swimmers...In this amazing action shot taken by wildlife photographer Rob Palmer, two American Bald Eagles battle over a piece of dead carp, with...
Canal breach floods multiple Murray homes
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-04-27 17:14:25 -0700 | green-news
Valley Emergency Communications Center dispatchers said several homes had been flooded with water in the area of 1209 W...Crews were working to identify the location of the breach, stop the flow of water and get water out of the homes....
With nets and chainsaws, Utah Valley University students help rehabilitate wetland
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-04-27 00:12:47 -0700 | green-news
Jac Scott Utah Valley University UVU biology student Joe Schellenberg chops a Russian Olive trunk into pieces for barrier construction while participating in a habitat restoration project at Mona Springs, Juab County April 20th 2013...The Salt Lake Tribune First Published...
Wharton: This hunter preserves history and habitat
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 09:54:22 -0700 | green-news
Utah State Historical Society) Scene on the Bear River Migratory Refuge. More than 200 species of shore birds have been identified, including 28 species of ducks, seven species of geese and also many types of rare and exotic birds such...
Air pollution in Utah gets ‘F' grades from American Lung Association
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 11:46:54 -0700 | green-news
Chris Detrick Tribune file photo) Inversions like this one in January has earned the corridor from Salt Lake County to Weber County a ranking among the nation's worst spots for air quality from the American Lung Association. Air pollution in...
Utah sage grouse plan outlines ‘management' zones
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 11:46:51 -0700 | green-news
Al Hartmann Tribune file photo) A male sage grouse does his showy strut to females just off Highway 65 south of Henefer. The governor's office on Wednesday released a long-awaited conservation plan for the bird. Utah sage grouse plan outlines...
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