Today on “In the Hive” we look at the wildfires that have been devastating the Western United States this summer. More than 4.7 million acres have burned in ten states. At least 34 people have now died in the fires raging in California, Oregon and Washington. Climate scientist Peter Gleick says there’s a clear link between…
An invasive plant jumps from Salt Lake City gardens to the surrounding foothills. Deer ticks carrying lyme disease are more prevalent in Utah due to climate change. And after more than a century, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Boy Scouts of America announce a future split. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters…
The latest attempt to increase penalties for hate crimes dies without getting a hearing in the Legislature. Although science points to the burning of fossil fuels as a driver of climate change, Utah lawmakers are wary to acknowledge human culpability. And a Montana conservation group says Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, who advocated for a reduction…
(KCPW News) A group of local activists, organizers, teachers and students on Monday delivered a petition to the Natural History Museum of Utah as part of a nationwide effort to get museums to rid their investment portfolios of any fossil fuel holdings. Activists from the groups Peaceful Uprising, the Utah Tar-Sands Resistance, and others, delivered…
Dr. Michael Mann is a well-known climatologist who helped pioneer methods to track global temperatures and the climate through the centuries. This breakthrough allowed scientists to show the marked increase in temperatures that stemmed from an enormous increase in global carbon emissions after the industrial revolution. Mann, who currently leads Penn State University’s Earth System Science Center, was in…
(KCPW News) A prominent climate scientist is in Utah this week to trumpet the cause of local, environmentally-conscientious institutions. Dr. Michael Mann, a climatologist at Penn State University, was the featured speaker of a press conference on Wednesday. He and other speakers highlighted the mounting evidence that climate change poses a threat to people around…
(KCPW News) In the run-up to Utahâs legislative session, many bills are in the works or already drafted. One such bill is House Bill 229, otherwise known as the Air Contaminant Definition Change bill. The chief sponsor, Representative Jerry Anderson of Price, has a simple yet colossal objective in mind: defining the makeup of the…
Segment 1: A warming climate will devastate the bottom line of the nationâs ski industry. Thatâs according to an economic study released by the Natural Resource Defense Council and Protect Our Winters. The study states the $12 billion winter tourism industry is in jeopardy by rising temperatures and less snowpack. On Monday, weâll talk…
Segment 1 Hot, windy weather and parched grasslands and forests have provided prime conditions for the wildfires raging across the West. In Utah, over 400 blazes have scorched over 300,000 acres this year so far, forcing evacuations, endangering homes and firefighters, and blanketing the state with smoke. Does a warming climate have anything to do…
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