Environmental Impact

Natalie Gochnour interviews Sarah Wright, CEO and founder of Utah Clean Energy, and Glade Sowards, senior energy and climate program manager with the Salt Lake City Corporation.

Data centers, like the massive Stratos Project in Box Elder County, have faced backlash over negative effects on water, air, wildlife, and more. A study could pin down what those effects would be.

Today we talk with Tony Juniper about his new book "Just Earth: How A Fairer World Will Save The Planet."

James Bacchus says the path to global sustainable development is participatory democratic global governance — the only truly effective path to confronting military conflict, climate change, and more.

Our hosts discuss what they hope to see in the Senate budget, SCOTUS siding with Utah on an oil rail line, and how Utahns navigate Pride month.

Small communities are often hit with big city problems like traffic congestion and shortages of affordable housing.

“Today we live in a fire age in which ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed and renewed by fire have become contemporary realities, even for people living in modern cities," Stephen Pyne says.

The landowners now have all the needed permits to continue developing roads on the property, despite early concern from locals that the roads could impact the local watershed.

Michael White, a former faculty member at Utah State University, is now a senior editor for climate science at Nature, one of the most important academic journals on the planet. He presented a talk in March at USU about the history of weather forecasts and the impending use of artificial intelligence.

Carrie Durward, USU Extension nutrition specialist, talks about the environmental impacts of food waste and ways we can reduce it.