National Environmental Policy Act

Utah has struck several deals this year to bring new nuclear technologies to the state. Part of that is a lease for enrichment at Camp Williams, as well as test reactors in Emery County.

Beyond getting a multi-million dollar project on track, backers of Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway also wanted to shrink the scope of federal environmental reviews.

The case is about more than Utah’s long-fought oil train project. It’s become a test case, with many interested parties, over the future of environmental review.

Over 60% of the power generated in Utah comes from coal. A lot needs to happen before that can change.

Utah water officials say they’re concerned about the move, and that it will diminish the voices of Colorado River Basin states.

The latest Utah news from Thursday evening, Oct. 7, 2021.

Biden is changing the country’s bedrock environmental law back to where it was before the Trump Administration. Utah conservationists say that will benefit the state.

President Donald Trump rolled back much of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, Thursday, saying it will expedite job-creating projects. The…

Many ranchers are applauding President Donald Trump after he announced an overhaul of the nation’s bedrock environmental law on Thursday. The National…