Opponents of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort’s plans to build a 3,000 foot roller coaster that crosses Little Cottonwood Canyon will hold a rally this afternoon at the Salt Lake County Government Center, saying residents are getting taken for a ride. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
A “dirty” label has been attached to Salt Lake City by Forbes magazine. The publication ranked Utah’s capital city as the ninth most toxic metro area in the country. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, air quality hasn’t been a focus of Utah lawmakers during this legislative session.
After two years of delays, Tim DeChristopher was just convicted on two federal charges for disrupting an oil and gas lease auction in December, 2008. We talked with Ashley Anderson, who co-founded the group Peaceful Uprising with Dechristopher after his actions.
Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher told a crowd of supporters he’s prepared to go to prison, after being found guilty Thursday in federal court. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher has been found guilty of disrupting a federal oil and gas lease auction in December, 2008. DeChristopher bid on $1.8 million in parcels but didn’t intend to pay for them as a way of protesting the auction.
State leaders celebrated last year when Forbes ranked Utah number one in the country for business. But they won’t be celebrating a new ranking from that magazine.
An on-call bus driver for Salt Lake City School District has lost his job after driving fifth-grade students to the federal courthouse, where Tim DeChristopher is on trial. Ryan Pleune says he wanted the students to see democracy in action yesterday by observing the protesters outside.
The discussion on cap and trade began long before Congress considered measures to reduce greenhouse gases. In fact, Fred Krupp, President of Environmental Defense Fund, helped get an emissions trading mechanism put into the Clean Air Act of 1990. Tomorrow night, Krupp will deliver the keynote lecture of the 2011 Nature of Things Lecture Series, presented by the Utah Museum of Natural History.
Some call it civil disobedience, others call it breaking the law. This week, a jury will finally decide the fate of Tim DeChristopher, who disrupted a controversial oil and gas lease auction more than two years ago. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
Your dishes may not come out as clean from the dishwasher, but phosphorus will continue to be banned in dishwashing detergents sold in Utah. An effort to repeal the ban failed yesterday in the Utah Legislature. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
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