Utah

  • Not Only You Can Prevent Park Waste

    July 28th, 2008


    Visitation to U.S. National Parks topped 275 million in 2007. With that much foot traffic, can you imagine the resulting carbon footprint?

    Well, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), with support from the National Park Service (NPS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has created a new program to help reduce this impact called the Do Your Part campaign, and continue …


  • Video Teaches Recycling Basics in Spanish

    June 19th, 2008


    The amount of waste generated per person in Park City, a vacation hot spot in Utah, is three times the national average. The tourism industry is the cause of the low recycling rates, according to Recycle Utah.

    In an effort to improve the dreary statistic, Recycle Utah is boosting up their efforts and have created a Spanish-language instructional video to help continue …


  • Garbage Ruins Recycling Efforts in UT

    June 17th, 2008


    Car hoods, shoes, dirty Huggies and deer carcasses. None of these items should be placed in a recycling bin, yet in Salt Lake County, Utah, they often are, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.

    The extra time it takes to remove all the garbage placed in bins makes recycling less efficient and more expensive for residents.

    Larry Gibbons, sales manaer at Rocky continue …


  • CFL Bulbs Accepted at Various Ace Hardware Stores

    May 16th, 2008


    Ace Hardware stores in Montana, Utah and South Dakota are now accepting CFL bulbs for recycling.


  • California Sues EPA Over Car Emissions

    November 8th, 2007


    The state of California is suing the Environmental Protection Agency after it received no response from an October 22 deadline decision on whether the state could impose stricter car emission standards than the U.S. requirements.


  • Water Key in Area Elections

    October 29th, 2007


    Cedar, Utah’s City Council member candidates speak on the county’s water shortage and what course of action should be taken to conserve what is still available.


  • EPA Awards 20 Environmental Justice Small Grants

    October 3rd, 2007


    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1 million in grants across the country for improving the environment in low-income communities.


  • EPA Adds Seven Waste Sites to the Superfund List

    September 19th, 2007


    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding seven new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the list for investigation and clean-up.


  • Additional Cities Join National Park(ing) Day

    August 31st, 2007


    Several additional cities across America will gain temporary new downtown parks for a few hours on Friday, September 21 as part of National Park(ing) Day.


  • Western North American Group Works on Carbon Goals

    August 3rd, 2007


    The Western Climate Initiative, a group of six U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, will meet this weekend to discuss carbon emission goals for the year 2020.