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A killing climate

Salt Lake Tribune

 The global response to climate change is incapable of addressing the catastrophic consequences to a planet dependent on burning fossil fuels for energy, spewing greater volumes of the greenhouse gases that are boosting temperatures at an accelerating rate.

Utah children and Einstein's brain

Salt Lake Tribune

 Hours after Albert Einstein died in 1955, his brain was removed, photographed and dissected in hopes of discovering physical characteristics that may have explained his remarkable intelligence. After being lost for 55 years, those photos just resurfaced.

Report links pollution to autism in young children

KSL

 

SALT LAKE CITY — A new study looked at exposure to air pollution from vehicles during pregnancy and the first year of life and found a much greater risk of autism.

Environmentalists cheer, employees jeer: plant likely closing

KSL

CASTLE GATE, Carbon County — One of Utah's most prominent industrial landmarks may be on the verge of a permanent shutdown, done in by its own scenic setting.

Utah’s pollution plan moves on despite resistance

Salt Lake Tribune

 State regulators pressed forward Wednesday with a thick package of rules to cut winter pollution in northern Utah.