Leia Larsen
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After Trump opened Bears Ears land to business, prospectors swooped in (opens the original)
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It didn’t take long for prospectors to stake their claims on land in southeast Utah that was previously protected in Bears Ears National Monument. On September 11, the first day the 1.2 million acres were opened up, miners filed 16 claims, two months after President Donald Trump shrank the monument by about 90 percent. All of the claims appear to have been filed by small-scale local miners with other jobs, small businesses, and an interest in uranium mining. But the rapid timing of those claims
Mining executives bought stock in their own firm days before Trump shrank Bears Ears (opens the original)
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Congressional Democrats have opened an investigation into the mining company Energy Fuels after its CEO and chairman bought thousands of shares of the company’s stock just days before President Donald Trump downsized the neighboring Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah. The Denver-based company operates White Mesa Mill, the last conventional uranium processing site in the nation, which sat about a mile from the Bears Ears boundary before Trump slashed the monument by 90 percent last
In a first, Utah got more power from solar than any other source (opens the original)
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Utah’s solar generation eclipsed all other electricity sources for the first time ever in May, the culmination of a slow but steady years-long shift away from coal. Energy experts are calling it a win for the environment and the state’s economy. Photovoltaic panels in Utah produced nearly 1 terawatt hour in May 2026. That represented nearly a third of all electricity generated in the state that month, according to data from Ember, a global energy think tank. Natural gas generated 32 percent, coa
Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse. (opens the original)
Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse. (opens the original)
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Officials from the Trump administration and members of Congress walked along the burn scar from Utah’s devastating Cottonwood Fire last week and saw the damage from the rain and flood that followed the flames. The wildfire is among the country’s largest, charring more than 97,000 acres. It started on June 22, and is only 95 percent contained as of late Thursday, according to Utah Fire Info. After surveying the destruction, lawmakers laid blame on a lack of forestry management. If the forest had
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