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Utah's coal agenda and more on Behind the Headlines

By Tom Williams
Published March 15, 2024 at 11:37 AM MDT
The Huntington Power Plant in Emery County is shown in July 2022. Utah legislators passed bills to keep Huntington and other coal plants running longer despite their impact on climate change.
Rick Egan
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The Salt Lake Tribune
The Huntington Power Plant in Emery County is shown in July 2022. Utah legislators passed bills to keep Huntington and other coal plants running longer despite their impact on climate change.

A trans woman harmed herself while in a Utah prison; Now the federal Department of Justice may file a lawsuit, And the Utah Legislature passed its coal agenda; What’s next for power plants and your utility bills?

Joining the program this week today is Salt Lake Tribune Statewatch reporter Emily Anderson Stern, and Renewable energy reporter Tim Fitzpatrick.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.
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