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Utah considers future options after Oakland says no to coal

Source: Moab Times-Independent

News|July 28, 2016

BY MOLLY MARCELLO Now that the Oakland City Council has voted unanimously to ban the handling and storage of coal at the city’s terminals and bulk material facilities, Utah supporters of a throughput... Read Original Story

Tim Peterson

It only makes sense to protect Bears Ears

Source: The St. George Spectrum

News|July 27, 2016

BY TOM BUTINE On July 16, after touring southeast Utah and meeting with leaders and concerned citizens, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell held a public meeting in Bluff to gather input on the future of... Read Original Story

Groups plan for climate change north of Grand Canyon

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

News|July 23, 2016

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The largest grazing leaseholder of land north of the Grand Canyon is working to adapt the area for climate change. Read Original Story

How Utah coal interests helped push a secret plan to export coal from California

Source: High Country News

News|July 21, 2016

BY SARAH TORY On June 27, hundreds of people packed the Oakland City Council meeting where a proposal to ban the transport of coal through the California city was up for a vote. Speakers on both... Read Original Story

Kate Watters

Grand Canyon Trust adapting cattle grazing to climate change

Source: Arizona Daily Sun

News|July 19, 2016

BY EMERY COWAN A new climate change adaptation plan from the largest grazing leaseholder on the Kaibab National Forest will help the Forest Service accelerate its own work on local climate change... Read Original Story

Tim Peterson

President Obama, make Bears Ears a national monument

Source: Washington Post

News|July 19, 2016

BY ROBERT MOE A desert landscape not far from here called Bears Ears could be the most historically significant site in the United States that most Americans have never heard of. Spread out over 1.9... Read Original Story

Sally Jewell Visits Bears Ears, Says Obama Will Decide on National Monument Before Leaving Office

Source: Indian Country Today Media Network

News|July 18, 2016

BY KIM BACA President Barack Obama could decide whether to designate the 1.9 million–acre region known as Bears Ears as a national monument by the end of the year, according to U.S. Secretary of the... Read Original Story

Should Utah's 'Bears Ears' become a national monument?

Source: Christian Science Monitor

News|July 17, 2016

BY ROYA SABRI US Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Utah's 'Bears Ears' last week in an attempt to resolve an increasingly contentious debate over whether to designate the San Juan County... Read Original Story

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