Utah Department of Environmental Quality

There are currently only four dust monitoring sites at the Great Salt Lake, but “we need better data,” says the director of Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality.

The deadline for the latest round of funding is Jan. 9. Local transportation directors say electric buses work well, but not perfectly.

To clean the air, experts urge taking public transit, using clean energy — and spending political capital — with an Olympic deadline looming.

Utah Lake is a defining landmark of Provo but “people don't see it as a valuable and desirable ecosystem,” says a BYU professor.

More than five million people are projected to call Utah home by 2060.

Eureka in Juab County’s Tintic School District and Vernal in the Uintah County School District will receive a combined 12 buses in the first round of funding.

El Gran Lago Salado se está encogiendo a un paso alarmante, y está cercano a alcanzar un nuevo récord de nivel bajo, luego de una sequía extrema.

In 2014, Stericycle was fined $2.3 million for emissions violations.

The Great Salt Lake is set to reach a record low this summer as the drought persists. That will leave more of the lake’s bed exposed, relieving some toxic dust.

There are just eight fully electric school buses in Utah. Expanding the fleet could reduce air pollution for some of the most vulnerable areas — schools.

The latest Utah news for Monday morning, April 4, 2022.

Levels of the fine particulates found in northern Utah’s winter inversions have decreased over three years, putting the area in line with federal air…