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Taking on giants: Stop Lava Ridge group to hold informational meeting

February 1, 2023 News & Media by Lorien Nettleton (Times-News)

Original Post Taking ➡️ An EcoFlight tour flies over some existing wind turbines Wednesday, July 21, 2021, during a Lava Ridge Wind Proposal tour flight near Buhl.PAT SUTPHIN, TIMES-NEWS The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments on the proposed 1,000-megawatt wind energy project, which could put as many as 400 turbines across 114 square ...

Discussion ready to roll on Crystal River

January 24, 2023 News & Media by Aspen Daily News Staff (Aspen Daily News)

Original Post ➡️ An image of the Crystal River Valley from an EcoFlight mission in August 2022. The view is downvalley, toward Mount Sopris. A group is exploring a federal designation of wild and scenic for the Crystal River in Gunnison and Pitkin counties. Courtesy of EcoFlight The effort to explore getting a federal designation ...

Utah Legislature to pledge $2M for ozone fight with EPA

January 24, 2023 News & Media by Brian Maffly (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Feds set to impose ‘good neighbor’ rule that would require costly emission controls on coal plants in Utah and Wyoming needed to limit ozone pollution in Colorado. Original Post ➡️ (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bonanza Power Plant, a coal-fired generating station in Uintah County. The plant, and two others in Utah, could ...

New legal brief supports controversial Utah rail line opposed by Eagle County and others

January 18, 2023 News & Media by UpJobNews (UpJobNews)

Original Post ➡️ The state of Utah has filed a brief in support of a controversial proposed rail line that would run through Utah’s Argyle Canyon. If completed, the line would connect to a national rail line that runs parallel to the Colorado River through much of western Colorado. EcoFlight The state of Utah has ...

What’s next for Craig? Community, county look ahead to an economy without coal

January 15, 2023 News & Media by Dennis Webb (The Daily Sentinel)

Original Post ➡️ When Jennifer Holloway was hired as executive director of the Craig Chamber of Commerce, “I didn’t know what I was getting into, I’ll be honest,” she says.“I thought this would just be a fun little community job where you throw parades,” she remembers with a laugh.Then Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association announced ...

Emergency measures needed to rescue #GreatSaltLake from ongoing collapse — Brigham Young University #ActOnClimate

January 13, 2023 News & Media by Coyote Gulch (Coyote Gulch)

Original Post ➡️ Figure 1. A bridge where the Bear River used to flow into Great Salt Lake. Photo: EcoFlight. Click the link to access the paper on the Brigham Young University website (Benjamin W. Abbott, Bonnie K. Baxter, Karoline Busche, Lynn de Freitas, Rebecca Frei, Teresa Gomez, Mary Anne Karren, Rachel L. Buck, Joseph Price, Sara ...

Great Salt Lake set to vanish in 5 years, experts warn Utah lawmakers

January 5, 2023 News & Media by Leia Larsen (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Utah has months to reverse the lake’s decline before it’s too late, according to a dire report. Original Post ➡️ (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Drought conditions have left many shallow ponds dry as they lay dormant in hopes of once again being filled for the benefits of shorebirds at Audubon’s Gillmor Sanctuary ...

Looking forward: What will stay in the news in 2023

January 4, 2023 News & Media

Original Post ➡️ Twin Falls will determine how to spend federal COVID money The city of Twin Falls is evaluating proposals for ways to spend nearly $9 million dollars of federal COVID money. A committee of city staff and officials, along with other members of the community, have heard presentations from more than 20 projects ...

Feds consider reducing Klamath River flows by up to 40%

December 22, 2022 News & Media by Erik Neumann (Oregon Public Radio)

Original Post ➡️ The federal Bureau of Reclamation is considering reducing the amount of water sent down the Klamath River by up to 40% over the coming winter months. A draft proposal released this month outlined the cuts ahead of another possible drought year.According to a draft proposal released by Reclamation on Dec. 9, the ...

Idaho cobalt mine could help transition U.S. to green energy, but at what cost?

December 18, 2022 News & Media by Ian Max Stevenson & Kevin Fixler (Idaho Statesman)

Original Post ➡️ Rising over the River of No Return that winds through Central Idaho’s city of Challis, the dry landscape wrinkles with beige hills, beyond which the Salmon River Mountains mark entry into one of the largest wild areas in the contiguous U.S. Under its surface lies value attracting international interests. During an October ...