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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a draft plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM). The Utah Chapter Sierra Club's Conservation Committee is urging members to write letters to the BLM, advocating for specific...

Utah's youth recently staged a powerful "countdown" demonstration at the Great Salt Lake, sending a clear message to state leaders: take immediate action. Their demonstration underscored the critical consequences of inaction, urging legislators to...

Today clean energy advocates convened at the Public Service Commission (PSC) to spotlight how Rocky Mountain Power continues to slow its transition to clean energy at the expense of its customers and Utah taxpayers. In May, Rocky Mountain Power...

The opportunity to amplify issues you care about is here! We are accepting article ideas for the Fall 2022, Utah Sierran. We know there are so many on-going efforts throughout the state, so please, share what’s going on in your community with the...

With deep regret, we mark the passing of an integral member of the Utah Sierra Club for many years. Marc Donald Thomas died peacefully at his home in Moab, Utah after a valiant battle with cancer. Marc was seventy years old. It’s hard to overstate...

Utah's current Strategic Energy Plan was published in 2011 and updated in 2014. While the governor's Energy Advisor claims an "all-of-the-above" approach, the current plan is, at best, little more than a fossil fuel production plan. It's a...

Muskan Walia, Sierra Club Volunteer, is a second-year student at the University of Utah Honors College studying math and philosophy. In June of 2020, Muskan launched a grassroots clean energy campaign — from the ground up — in collaboration with...

Our Utah Sierra Club volunteer Executive Committee (Ex Com) has undergone several changes these past few months as members' terms of office expired or a need emerged to devote more time to family and other responsibilities. As always, we are...

A project proposed by Tree Farm LLC intends to mine more than 600 acres along Utah's Wasatch Front. The operation would employ drilling and explosives to mine the area north of Grandeur Peak and Mount Aire for limestone, gravel and metals -- with...

Oakland, California’s decision to block coal exports has triggered questions about the status of $53 million Utah has sitting in a Throughput Infrastructure Fund (TIF) earmarked for a West Coast coal export terminal. Utah lawmakers have wasted no...