Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Piping ocean water to save the Great Salt Lake is an expensive, polluting idea, experts say As recently as last year, Utah lawmakers were floating the idea of piping Pacific Ocean water to save the Great Salt Lake, although it’s unclear whether they’ve consulted actual engineers about what it would take.
ImpactsJasen Miller/Flickr ‘Last nail in the coffin’: Utah’s Great Salt Lake on verge of collapse It’s lost 73% of its water and is unable to sustain some wildlife – and could soon negatively affect human health.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
