Under a proposed bill, AI data centers would be required to report their water use to the state — but the public would have little access to that data.

In other news, a new online tool can tell you what areas have the worst exposure from Great Salt Lake dust. And, the Sundance Film Festival is opening for its last Utah event.

The new agency will be composed of the multiple fire programs within the Department of the Interior. Congress funded other wildland firefighting efforts, but not the agency itself.

Utah Climate Center's Katherine Smith predicts poor air quality, inversions, and stagnant temperatures. She provides pointers on reducing emissions.

Pinyon-juniper woodlands are a common sight in much of Utah. But pinyon trees are declining, while junipers are expanding. The reason why comes down to water.

The Utah Climate Center's Katherine Smith explains recent inversion in Utah, and predicts low air quality and stagnant temperatures.

In other news, a plan to rezone 80 acres of land near Great Salt Lake failed to get a recommendation from the Salt Lake City Planning Commission. However, that doesn't mean the plan is dead.

The move, which opponents argued would harm the greater sage grouse, could reshape how energy infrastructure is approved on public lands across the West.

Bizarre winter weather conditions could disrupt water supply and seasonal cues for plant growth.

Parents may warn their children not to eat the yellow snow, but there are other things in snow you might want to avoid, like contaminants from tailpipes.