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Our climate is changing. We can keep arguing about what’s causing it or whose fault it is (or isn’t) and what we should be doing about it, but the reality is our Earth is a different place than it was one million years ago, 100 years ago and even one year ago.  Since last Earth Day, the severity of wildfires has continued to escalate—which, along with other factors, has contributed to our worsening air quality—and current drought conditions have warranted a state of emergency in Utah, threatening not only our water but our precious snow and ski season.

It’s time for Utah to transition to clean energy Christi Leman © Ravell Call, Deseret News Windmills turn at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Thirty years ago, I was a kid living in a small, hot town surrounded by oil pumps. Almost everyone’s dad worked in the oil fields, and the air was often scented with a lovely, sulphurous, rotten-egg smell. “That’s the smell of money, honey,” they’d say. Popular Searches And it was. The harvesting and burning of fossil fuels has grown humanity’s capacity for industry and made many rich along t...

Andie Madsen: You can’t vaccinate yourself against the effects of global warming What have we brushed aside to make way for our COVID-19 response? (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aslam Khan, 52, shuts his eyes tightly as he receives his first free Moderna vaccination from Kimberly Desmond with Salt Lake County Health Department on Thursday. Over 120 people were scheduled to get their first shots of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines at the Utah Islamic Center in West Jordan, Mar. 18, 2021. By Andie Madsen | Special to The Tribune   | April 21, 2021, 5:40 p.m. I’ve com...

Why is this physicist challenging climate science? Amy Joi O'Donoghue © Steve Griffin, Deseret News Bill Pekny uses a monitor to check carbon dioxide levels outside of his home in Midway on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Pekny is a local author and scientist and agrees the climate is warming, but he says that we are in a normal cycle of warming and panic is unwarranted. Utah author Bill Pekny wrote a book with 13 chapters describing climate change, full of charts, colorful graphics and “key takeaways” after each segment in which he impresses upon his readers why his research ma...

Deseret News Share this story Bill Pekny uses a monitor to check carbon dioxide levels outside of his home in Midway on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Pekny is a local author and scientist and agrees the climate is warming, but he says that we are in a normal cycle of warming and panic is unwarranted. Steve Griffin, Deseret News Utah author Bill Pekny wrote a book with 13 chapters describing climate change, full of charts, colorful graphics and “key takeaways” after each segment in which he impresses upon his readers why his research matters, and should offer comfort to those who believe the worl...