$1 Billion Bet On New Clean Technology That Is Not Supposed To Happen
A new $1 billion clean technology fund aims to push the envelope on sustainable aviation fuel, carbon capture, energy storage, and hydrogen.
A new $1 billion clean technology fund aims to push the envelope on sustainable aviation fuel, carbon capture, energy storage, and hydrogen.
Getting People To Move Where There’s More Water Another thing that would help greatly would be to curb population growth along the Wasatch Front. No, you’re never going to talk Mormons into having fewer kids, but their leaders could talk them into not treating Utah like it’s the “promised land” … [continued]
“Prime The Pump” On top of these Aral Sea-like health issues is the loss of lake-effect snow, a problem that creates a feedback loop of drying. Unlike the lake-effect of the Great Lakes, the Salt Lake can’t really add much moisture to the air in winter, but it can serve … [continued]
Industrial activity is causing problems with this natural process. Salt mining, potash operations, and other human activity was not only drying the area up, but was taking salt out of the system entirely. For example, potash operations pumped salt water and brine out from beneath the flats, which then got … [continued]
Because the process of drying up Lake Cabeza de Vaca and its remnant child lakes happened mostly naturally (with only the last bit caused by Anthropogenic climate change), this presents the absolute best case scenario for a dried up Salt Lake, but as I’ll get to later, the problem will … [continued]
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is now at a record low. The rivers that feed the big inland sea have been increasingly diverted to not only support drinking water and agriculture for a growing population, but also to water lawns and for other water uses. Underlying all this is a culture … [continued]
The extreme weather effects of climate change are here, with “historic” droughts and “once in a lifetime” floods and fires coming hard and fast. It’s a scary time, but humans are nothing if not adaptable, and one Utah tech firm is hoping we’ll be able to science our way out … [continued]
In the American West, water has always been a challenge. Prior to the arrival of European explorers and settlers, there’s broad evidence that droughts and water cycles heavily affected Native Americans. For example, the people who built the Gila Cliff Dwellings may have left the area when water supplies dwindled. … [continued]
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met (virtually) with a bipartisan group of Western governors yesterday to discuss preparations for this year’s wildfire season, which is expected to be especially severe due to an ongoing drought fueled by climate change. “Climate change is driving the dangerous confluence of extreme … [continued]
Fire weather is heating up across the western United States, exacerbated by an intense heatwave and ongoing severe drought. NOAA satellites are monitoring numerous wildfires and keeping watch on areas primed for ignition. As of June 17, 2021, 33 large fires are currently active, burning more than 400,000 acres in 10 … [continued]