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Read more on our Web page about Judge's ruling:
www.uphe.org/2025/03/31/j...
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
That includes modifying upstream diversions when necessary to ensure that enough flows reach the lake to sustain its minimum viable elevation of 4,198 feet.

More on our work on Great Salt Lake, and news coverage:
www.uphe.org/2025/11/10/u...
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁.

The state holds the Great Salt Lake in trust for the public. 𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Earlier this year, a judge ruled our case could move forward after the state tried to have it dismissed. Now 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆-this time citing a Utah Supreme Court ruling on homelessness, which shielded SLC from a lawsuit claiming it failed to manage public property.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"In denying multiple motions to dismiss (twelve in total), this Court recognized the fundamental principle that 'courts play an essential role in declaring and enforcing the public trust,'" attorney Heidi McIntosh, from Earthjustice, our partner in the lawsuit, wrote. Article link at end of thread.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The state tried to get out of that lawsuit, but was unsuccessful as the judge ruled the case could continue in March of this year.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Despite spending millions in taxpayer dollars, the state has failed to do so. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗨𝗣𝗛𝗘, 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Those declining levels have fueled increasing dust storms across the valley.Dust that not only poses serious health risks but also carries heavy metals and industrial pollutants.

The only way to truly protect public health is to raise the lake to what experts consider its minimum healthy elevation.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If our government isn’t going to take action to protect the people from environmental health hazards, they at the very least should not limit our ability to protect ourselves.

More information about masks and protecting yourself can be found on our Webpage by clicking below:
The Sick Times talks Utah’s air pollution problem  – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment
www.uphe.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲.”
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
These pollutants can trigger heart attacks, worsen asthma, damage children’s lungs, and even shorten lives.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The article draws the connection to impacts of the climate crisis, which is severely worsening wildfires and wildfire smoke. 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀 --𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀, 𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮-𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 like benzene and formaldehyde.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 — 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵,” Brian Moench told The Sick Times.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
They covered a previous legislative effort to ban masks, which UPHE helped to have removed from the bill after raising awareness about how 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Take a moment to learn who represents you, and let them know that clean air, a healthy climate, and strong environmental protections are your priorities!
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our homeless population is already extremely vulnerable to virtually every kind of health problem, and being forced to live in a mosquito haven, and be constantly exposed to pesticides, is the last thing these people need to remain healthy.

𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
𝗨𝗣𝗛𝗘'𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀' 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. This proposal contradicts both. We are extremely supportive of real efforts to improve the lives of members of our community, but this shelter would not be a real benefit to the community.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿. Not only is the proposal on and adjacent to Great Salt Lake wetlands, the proposed location is far from services and community connections homeless people need to obtain housing.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Only weeks after the grand opening the headlines started rolling out, “𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 $𝟣 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯,” etc...
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
𝗨𝗣𝗛𝗘 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳'𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM