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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Utah Newsletter for Sunday October 15, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Environmental Defense Fund: New Analysis Finds More Than $48 Million In Annual Natural Gas Waste & Pollution In Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2023: A new Synapse Energy Economics analysis commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund and Taxpayers for Common Sense finds oil and gas companies across Utah waste $48 million-worth of natural gas per year. That's enough lost gas to meet the annual needs of more than a fifth of the state's residential gas customers, and accounts for $6.7 million in lost potential tax revenue   more

Geological Society: Inferring Wildfire Intensity From Quartz Luminescence
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release: On 8 June 2020, the Mangum Fire ignited 16 miles north of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. By the time it was mostly contained, about a month later, the fire had burned over 70,000 acres of land. April Phinney, a M.Sc. candidate at Utah State University, immediately started drafting a burn intensity map based on remote sensing data. Six months later, she set boots on t  more

National Governors Association: Bipartisan Governors Stand Together to Condemn Violence in Israel
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The National Governors Association issued the following statement on Oct. 12, 2023: * * * Today, National Governors Association Chair Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Vice Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued the following statement condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Israel and calling on Congress and the White House to provide support. "The horrific violence against the people of Israel is heartbreaking. The images we're seeing and the stories we are hearing  more