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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

UT: Waste Reduction

Officials in Scottsdale, Arizona say for every square foot of grass removed and replaced with native desert plants, the city saves 57 gallons of water. (Katy/Adobe Stock)
Utah to Offer Cash for Replacing Lush Lawns with Desert-Tolerant Landscapes

Starting this week, the state is taking applications for a program to pay up to $1 dollar a square foot of turf to replace water-guzzling grass with …

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Iron County, Utah is known for its Cedar Breaks National Monument, but also for plentiful sunshine that has prompted a flurry of solar farm development. Credit: Marc Averette/Wikimedia Commons
Report: Utah Ranks 4th in Clean-Energy Job Growth

PAROWAN, Utah - Utah ranks fourth on a new top 10 list of states seeing job growth in clean energy and clean transportation. Environmental …

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PHOTO: This photo, taken in the Cache Valley, shows what more Utah counties are facing in terms of ground-level ozone pollution. A new report says the BLM could get tougher on methane gas leaked from oil and gas development sites, which would help curb the ozone problem. Photo courtesy Utah State University.
Report: $28 Million in Methane Gas Escapes Yearly into Utah Air

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah makes a "top five" list for amounts of natural gas being wasted by energy developers working on federal and tribal lands…

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PHOTO: Raising awareness about diversions, energy development and other activities that can negatively impact the Colorado River is the goal of a new coalition called Colorado River Connected. Photo courtesy of the Utah Department of Transportation.
New Coalition Spotlights Threats To Colorado River

SALT LAKE CITY – A new coalition of several organizations called Colorado River Connected is focused on raising awareness about critical issues …

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PHOTO: The majority of likely voters in Utah support a rule that would reduce the energy waste that happens during oil and gas production on public lands, according to a new survey. Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy.
Poll: Two-Thirds of UT Voters Support Limiting Energy Waste on Public Lands

SALT LAKE CITY - Sixty-nine percent of likely voters in several oil and gas-rich states, including Utah, support a rule that would require oil …

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PHOTO: Ensuring that the Colorado River has enough water to support millions of people in Utah and throughout the Southwest is the focus of a study from the nonprofit group American Rivers. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Conservation Critical, Colorado River Study Finds

SALT LAKE CITY – Reuse and conserve are the two big points in a new study about how to stretch the water in the Colorado River to meet the needs…

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PHOTO: Utah's water interests are at stake as Interior Secretary Sally Jewell speaks about the Colorado River at a meeting in Las Vegas today. Photo courtesy the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service.
UT Eyes and Ears on Jewell Speech about Colorado River

LAS VEGAS – Utah's water interests are at stake as U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell speaks about the Colorado River at a meeting in Las …

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PHOTO: The Green River is one of the two major Utah tributaries of the Colorado. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
Celebrating Water in the Desert: Colorado River Day in Utah

MOAB, Utah – In Utah and six other states, Thursday was Colorado River Day, commemorating the date in 1921 that Congress changed the waterway…

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PHOTO: The new report “Turning Up the Heat II” says the thermostat industry's voluntary recycling program has captured only 8% of the mercury thermostats that have come out of service in the past decade. CREDIT: Stephen Cummings
Mercury Thermostat Collection Programs Failing in Utah, U.S.

SALT LAKE CITY - Voluntary efforts to keep mercury thermostats out of the trash in Utah and nationwide are failing, according to a new analysis…

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PHOTO: This is what skis, snowboards, helmets and ski boots look like after going through a six-step grinding process to recycle them. Courtesy of SIA Snow Sports Recycling Program.
New Uses for Old Ski Equipment

PARK CITY, Utah - Skis and snowboards, ski boots and helmets can only be traded at ski swaps for so long before they're worn out and no longer safe …

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PHOTO: The Basel Action Network estimates 75 percent of the electronic waste that arrives in Lagos, Nigeria, is not reusable. BAN says too often, as in this photo, it ends up being dumped. Courtesy BAN.
Out with the Old: Recycling Cell Phones, Laptops, TVs...

SALT LAKE CITY - “Out with the old, in with the new” takes on a whole new meaning when the topic is electronic gear. A new national …

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