Magnesium metal producer commits to process changes to treat its waste streams to remove dioxins, furans, hexachlorobenzene and PCBs to reduce environmental impacts from its operations 01/19/2021 Contact Information:  Richard Mylott (mylott.richard@epa.gov) 303-312-6654 SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced…

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By Brian Maffly published November 12, 2020 A conservation buyer has acquired Fremont Island, the Great Salt Lake’s third-largest and only privately owned island, from would-be developers who envisioned a 12,000-unit subdivision on the 2,943-acre island in Weber County. The moves sets the stage for the sensitive island’s permanent protection. The…

You are invited to the Salty Science Series with Great Salt Lake Institute! Are you expecting a typical story about lake ecology? You may be disappointed as there is nothing typical about Great Salt Lake nor this time in Earth’s history. In a new book, lake experts partnered to reframe…

By Leia Larsen A landfill facility on the tip of Promontory Point, and only a few hundred yards from the Great Salt Lake, has indicated it will again apply for a Class V permit that will allow it to receive waste from other states. The Promontory Point Resources, or PPR,…

by Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Nov 1, 2020, 6:00pm MST SALT LAKE CITY — The Dead Sea, bordering the West Bank, Israel and Jordan, is drying up at a rapid rate, leading to the formation of more than 5,000 sinkholes that are swallowing roads and other infrastructure. Utah’s Great Salt Lake is…