The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

Gibb grows alfalfa, which has been a much-derided, water-intensive crop as Utah grapples with the impacts of drought, a changing climate and the crises facing the Great Salt Lake and Colorado River.

Remediation work began Wednesday to turn 770 acres of landfill in Salt Lake City's Northwest Quadrant into an advanced ...

Much of the world's lithium occurs in salty waters with fundamentally different chemistry than other naturally saline waters ...

The Great Salt Lake ... that rely on the lake’s ecosystem to rest, refuel, and breed during their transcontinental journeys. It also poses economic threats. Lake evaporation provides important ...

Duke University researchers reveal boron controls pH in lithium-rich brines, offering insights to improve lithium extraction.

At Emerson Exchange 2025 in San Antonio, Texas, Gabriel Carrizo, electronics engineer, Rio Tinto; Leonel Brunet, senior ...

It is absurd that Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz dismissed Salt Lake City’s move to get around a state ban on pride flags at public buildings as “political theatrics.” The ban itself ...

Salt Lake County Council member Arlyn Bradshaw will resign next week to join the administration of Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson. Bradshaw represents County Council District 1, which ...

The Salt Lake City Council unanimously passed an ordinance establishing versions of LGBT flags as “official” city flags to circumvent Utah‘s new law restricting them in government-sanctioned ...

The Gothic spires of the Salt Lake Temple still stand out against the cluster of modern office buildings that make up the skyline, but the temple has been closed for renovations since December 2019.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of their states’ Republican ...