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The 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is set to expire in June. Now, Congress — and Utah’s delegation — is grappling over whether to expand or merely extend the program.
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The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration. It's part of an effort to make conservation an “equal” to other uses of public lands such as drilling and livestock grazing.
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The ore extracted from the Pinyon Plain Mine will be transported to Energy Fuels’ mill in White Mesa, Utah — the only such mill in the U.S.
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As growth expands into the small towns surrounding St. George, communities tackle conversations about the sustainability of rural life.
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The plan from an Australian company, Anson Resources, has sparked concerns about the lithium project's potential water use, especially as the company seeks rights to water from a tributary of the Colorado River.
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New research is starting to piece together the lives of the Chinese immigrants who once lived in the mining boom town of Silver Reef near St. George.
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Carbon County Democrats are running candidates in nearly every race this year.
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For the first time in a hundred years, there are no active coal mines in carbon county
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A lithium exploration proposal near Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah has prompted concerns about how the project would affect the area’s natural landscape.
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The complaint filed Monday against the Bureau of Land Management is the latest development in the battle over the potash in Utah, which holds some of the United States’ largest deposits of the mineral, which is used by farmers to fertilize crops throughout the globe.
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The awareness campaign for responsible prescription drug use features the faces of local miners in Utah's Emery and Carbon counties.
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The latest challenge to lithium mining in Nevada in the push for cleaner energy comes from a place where no opposition has arisen before: space.