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Salt Lake Island
Utah's Stansbury Island rises over the salt flats of the Great Salt Lake.
#photo #photooftheday #color #dawn #deserts #grantsvilleutah #greatsaltlake #landscapes #morning #nature #panoramas #stansburyisland #sunrises #themountainwest #unitedstates #utah
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#Utah is killing the #GreatSaltLake - High Country News
https://www.hcn.org/articles/utah-is-killing-the-great-salt-lake/
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“Wasserlandschaft” (Waterscape)
Bodies of water seen while flying over Utah, including the striking red surface of the Great Salt Lake.
#photography #aerial #aerialphoto #waterscape #landscape #lake #lakes #greatsaltlake #utah
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Most Salt Lake County residents concerned about Great Salt Lake decline https://phys.org/news/2026-07-salt-lake-county-residents-great.html
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Voices: Great Salt Lake is testing a new approach to conservation
Great Salt Lake’s decline is a public health problem, an ecological problem, an economic problem and a water…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #cat:pj #GreatSaltLake #Science #Utah
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#NativeAmericaCalling: In the parched West, tribes restore waterways to improve quality and quantity
Thursday, June 11, 2026
"A site of tragedy for the Northwestern Band of the #ShoshoneNation has become a place of renewal and promise.
"The tribe has worked for the past seven years to revitalize the land of the 1863 #BearRiverMassacre. By eradicating #InvasiveSpecies, reviving #NativePlants, and returning water canals to their natural paths, the tribe is significantly boosting both water quality and flow of the river.
"The area is one of the biggest sources of water for the #GreatSaltLake, and officials say the tribe’s efforts could be part of a solution to preventing the iconic body of water from disappearing amid an increasingly dry climate.
"And in #Montana, the Confederated #Salish and #Kootenai Tribes continue work as part of a historic compact to revitalize the #JockoRiver. Tune in to discuss how Indigenous knowledge is providing promise against a troubling trend."
#WaterIsLife #SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChange #WaterRestoration #RiverRestoration
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New filing stirs #GreatSaltLake fears as giant #Utah #DataCenter comes into view, eyes water needs
by Jennifer Green
Thu, May 21, 2026"A new #WaterRights filing tied to a proposed #MegaDatacenter in northern Utah is renewing fears about the future of the Great Salt Lake, just as new renderings offer the clearest look yet at what the massive development could become.
"What's happening?
"A proposal connected to the #BoxElderCounty data center project seeks to transfer 11 acre-feet of water from an unnamed spring in #HanselValley, KSL reported.
"That marks a steep drop from a previous 1,900-acre-foot application that was withdrawn May 7 after prompting around 3,800 protests.
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"The proposal is facing intense scrutiny because the Great Salt Lake is already under strain from long-term water shortages, and data centers can consume huge amounts of both electricity and water.
"Critics worry that even relatively small individual filings could add up over time if the development expands toward its full vision, which includes 7.5 to 9 gigawatts of power-producing capacity."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/filing-stirs-great-salt-lake-084000807.html#WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution
#HeatGeneration #Drought #GreatSaltLake #Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
#UtahPol #Datacenters
#DatacentersSuck #SharkTank
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Tribune editorial: The voice of the people has pushed #Utah leaders to stop and think about massive #DataCenter. Keep it up.
This is an issue that has united people across the political spectrum.
By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board
| May 22, 2026"The fear that a ginormous, water-guzzling, air-befouling, weather-modifying data center planned for Utah’s northwest corner was a done deal seems to be easing just a bit. It’s not hard to see why.
A handful of key state officials are now promising that, before the project actually gets built — if it ever does — the appropriate environmental reviews, with opportunities for public comment, will happen.
"That doesn’t mean that the people who have stood up to what appeared to be a pre-greased mega-project can rest easy. Vigilance and activism are what have worked so far, and will be necessary going forward. As long and exhausting as that process might be.
"It will take a lot of continual public outcry to counterbalance the monied interests pouring campaign contributions into the coffers of Utah Senate President #StuartAdams and other powerful worthies who have been pushing the plan.
"Few Utahns had any inkling that a little-known state agency called the Military Installation Development Authority (#MIDA), which Adams chairs, had put its weight behind the #StratosProject, a proposed data center that would, at full build-out, generate and consume twice as much electricity as the whole state of Utah.
"The Box Elder County Commission had to sign off on the project before the MIDA board could take over all land-use, water, energy, environmental and tax-abatement authority over the 40,000-acre project — immune from any democratic oversight.
Get Inside Voices newsletter. A weekly collection of ideas, perspectives and solutions from across Utah."Despite loud public objections, online and in person, commissioners did exactly that. Given that the land is privately owned, not part of any city and not zoned for any particular use, commissioners argued they really didn’t have the power to stop it.
"But others do."
Read more:
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/editorial/2026/05/22/tribune-editorial-public-outcry/#UtahPol #KevinOLeary #WaterConsumption #HeatPollution #ResistDatacenters #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution #HeatGeneration
#Drought #GreatSaltLake
#Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe #Datacenters #DatacentersSuck
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The 23-Atomic-Bomb Valley: Why #Utah’s #AIDataCenter Is A #ClimateDisaster In The Making
by Rex Freiberger
Wed, May 20, 2026 at 11:18 AM EDT"Your state might be next. Utah counties just approved a data center so massive it would consume more power than the entire state currently uses, dump the heat equivalent of 23 atomic bombs daily into high desert, and potentially increase local #carbon emissions by 55%. Welcome to the #StratosProject—#KevinOLeary’s 40,000-acre bet that #AI supremacy trumps everything else."
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"Utah State University physicist Robert Davies calculated #Stratos would dump 16 gigawatts of #ThermalLoad into the surrounding valley—energy equivalent to 23 Hiroshima-scale atomic bombs worth of #heat every single day. You’re trying to cool massive server farms by blowing hot desert air over hot radiators, Davies notes, which doesn’t work well in high-altitude, arid conditions.
"His projections show daytime temperatures rising 2-5°F and nighttime temperatures jumping 8-12°F across the region. #Desert #ecosystems depend on #NighttimeCooling to generate life-sustaining #condensation. Lose that temperature drop, and you’ve fundamentally altered how plants and animals survive in an already stressed #GreatSaltLakeWatershed."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/23-atomic-bomb-valley-why-151828961.html#Utah #WaterIsLife #ThermalPollution #HeatGeneration #Drought #GreatSaltLake #Environment #EnvironmentalCatastrophe #UtahPol #Datacenters #DatacentersSuck #SharkTank #AISucks
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In five short weeks, Kevin O’Leary’s Utah version of Wonder Valley has thrown the state into a massive conflict over water, air pollution, heat islands, and the community benefits of AI data centres.
Throw in questions about property rights, accusations of paid protesters, a mysterious Department of War connection, and a Chinese government interference conspiracy…well, you’ve got a story.
Here’s my update on how a Canadian celebrity investor has shaken a US state facing a drought and water crisis.
#AIdatacentres #AIDataCenters #technology #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #sustainability #AIhyperscalers #WonderValleyAlberta #Stratos #WonderValleyUtah #GreatSaltLake #drought #water
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#KevinOLeary’s Massive #DataCenter Project in #Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious
The project would be more than twice the size of Manhattan and could consume more electricity than the entire state currently uses.
By Bruce Gil
Published May 6, 2026"The Box Elder County Commission voted on Monday to move forward with a proposed 40,000-acre #AI and #CloudComputing campus in a rural part of northern Utah near the #GreatSaltLake. The site would span more than twice the size of Manhattan.
"The project, backed by O’Leary Digital, the infrastructure arm of O’Leary Ventures, is expected to eventually produce and consume up to 9 gigawatts of power. That’s roughly double the amount of electricity the entire state of Utah currently consumes, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
"The campus is expected to be built in phases and overseen by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority (#MIDA). O’Leary proposed a similar project in Canada in 2024 and has referred to both developments as '#WonderValley.' "
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"For his part, O’Leary has claimed, without evidence, that much of the opposition to the project was 'paid' and that the meeting was filled with 'professional protestors.'
" 'We think that over 90% of the protestors are actually not people that live in Utah or Box Elder County. They’re being bussed in,' O’Leary said in a video posted on X.
He also claimed backlash on social media surrounding the project was AI-generated."O’Leary Ventures did not immediately respond to a human-issued request for comment from Gizmodo."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Q9tF4#OLearyDigital #OLearyVentures #SharkTank #Datacenters #AIDatacenters #LocalOpposition #NoisePollution #AISucks #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
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#Trump 's environmental activism? 🤔
"Very important to save The Great Salt Lake in Utah. This is an Environmental hazard that must be worked on, IMMEDIATELY — It is of tremendous interest to me,"
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-5746844/why-trump-wants-to-spend-1-billion-on-great-salt-lake
#SaltLakeCity #Utah #activism #environment #Environmental #hazard #nature #ClimateChange #climate #GreatSaltLake #MAGA
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Toxins from Great Salt Lake dust are absorbed by plants, soils and human bodies https://phys.org/news/2026-04-toxins-great-salt-lake-absorbed.html
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Vast Freshwater Body Found Under Great Salt Lake, Hints at Complex Underground Systems
Scientists found a large freshwater body under the Great Salt Lake in March 2024. This could help with dust problems and water supply issues.
#GreatSaltLake, #FreshwaterDiscovery, #UtahWater, #SaltLakeCity, #EnvironmentalNews
https://newsletter.tf/great-salt-lake-freshwater-underneath-march-2024/
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Scientists found a large freshwater body under the Great Salt Lake. This is a big surprise and could help solve water problems.
#GreatSaltLake, #FreshwaterDiscovery, #UtahWater, #SaltLakeCity, #EnvironmentalNews
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Scientists Just Found a Massive Freshwater Reservoir Hidden Beneath the Great Salt Lake
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #FarmingtonBay #GreatSaltLake #MichaelZhdanov #PacificFlyway #SaltLakeCity
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“Der Blick von oben” / The view from above
Took this photo while flying over Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Its deep red color is caused by pigments produced by halophilic (salt-loving) bacteria, which thrive in the lake’s extremely high salinity levels.
#photography #aerial #minimalism #minimalismmonday #greatsaltlake
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Great Salt Lake may hit historic lows this year, despite long-awaited snowfall
The current snowpack is still hovering near minimum levels, according to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The agency’s Feb. 1 report — which revealed record low snowpack — gives Utah just a 10% chance to reach normal snowpack levels this year.
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‘An environmental nuclear bomb’: documentary examines fight to save Great Salt Lake https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/22/the-lake-sundance-film-festival-dicaprio
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Wir sollten dem Wasser die Bedeutung geben, die es verdient!
#WasserManagement #WasserKnappheit #Dürre #WasserSparen #RechtAufWasser #MenschenRecht #UnoReport #TrinkWasser #GreatSaltLake #GrundwasserStand #GletscherSchmelze #KampfUmsWasser #WasserKrieg
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#Roundworms discovered in Great Salt Lake are new to science https://phys.org/news/2025-12-roundworms-great-salt-lake-science.html
"#Nematodes are ubiquitous on Earth... Yet none had been positively detected in #GreatSaltLake until 2022, when expeditions by kayak and bike led by Julie Jung recovered nematodes in the lake's microbialites, the lithified mounds covering parts of the lakebed... nematodes became just the 3rd metazoan taxon known to inhabit the lake's highly saline waters, the other #animals being brine #shrimp and brine #flies"
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This company is planning a #lithium empire from shores of #GreatSaltLake
#LilacSolutions is pioneering a new type of lithium extraction that could double #US production in 2yr and shake up the industry.
Startup is in a race to commercialize a new way to extract lithium from rocks, called direct lithium extraction (DLE). This approach is designed to reduce environmental damage caused by the two most common traditional methods of mining lithium: hard-rock mining and brining
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/07/1125060/this-company-is-planning-a-lithium-empire-from-the-shores-of-the-great-salt-lake/ -
What I’m watching today…
Fun fact: The film’s director, Herk Harvey, makes multiple appearances as the grinning, ghoulish apparition outside the window after which much screaming ensues.
#LowBudget #HorrorFilm #GreatSaltLake #Saltair #1960chevy #PipeOrgan #HorrorToberFest
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Pond at Farmington Bay WMA and Antelope Island, Dec 2020 #utah #GreatSaltLake #winter #photo #photography #nature #naturephotography
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#FotoVorschlag
“Im Vorbeigehen” / In passingFlying over the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The red coloration is caused by salt-loving bacteria that thrive in the water’s high salinity. The lake is actually half red and half blue — it’s divided by a causeway that isolates the northern arm seen here, allowing the salt content to reach saturation levels, while the southern arm is fed by fresh river waters and remains blue. It’s a striking sight.
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Shrinking Great Salt Lake poses public health crisis as toxic dust threatens communities. #GreatSaltLake #PublicHealth #WaterCrisis
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/why-shrinking-great-salt-lake-public-health-crisis
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Great Salt Lake slipping back into ‘scary low’ water levels
Drought and water consumption were causing the level of the Great Salt Lake to fall to alarmingly low levels. On Tuesday, July 29, the lake level was near 4,192 feet, while the north arm was about 4,191.5 feet.
https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/07/29/great-salt-lake-levels-scary-low-drought/
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The End, 2025
In his series Alfredo Jaar documents the Great Salt Lake, Utah, which is being destroyed by excessive water extraction and has become what scientists have described as an ‘environmental nuclear bomb’. A keystone ecosystem for the western hemisphere, sustaining rainfall and providing a habitat for 10 million migratory birds, it has lost 73% of its water ...Photograph: Alfredo Jarr
