Utah Public Radio

19 hours ago | upr.org | Tom Williams

It’s time again for us to compile another UPR community booklist. So we want to know what you’re reading. What’s on your nightstand or device right now? Is there a book that has had a big impact on you? Which books are you looking forward to reading? Perhaps you’d like to tell us a personal story connected to a favorite book. We’d love to hear about fiction, nonfiction, young adult & children’s books, anything you’re reading. One suggestion or many are welcome.

20 hours ago | upr.org | Tom Williams

Every year on or near Earth Day, we check in with writer and photographer Stephen Trimble, author of “Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America,” and many other books. In past years we’ve focused on Bears Ears, the Great Salt Lake, the transition to younger leaders in environmental justice, the 30x30 land preservation proposal, and many other topics. This year we’ll take stock of conservation on Utah’s public lands and ask: What has been accomplished?

2 days ago | upr.org | Tom Williams

We’ve all been hearing about DOGE’s dismantling of some government agencies and deep cuts to others. Other budget cuts and funding freezes are happening separate from DOGE. Most of these cuts are having effects downstream. On Tuesday, we look at how several Utah organizations have been affected by recent federal funding cuts. We talk with Jodi Graham with Utah Humanities; Ken Cannon with Cannon Heritage Consultants; and Neil Rickard with Utahns Against Hunger.

4 days ago | upr.org | Tom Williams

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Robert Gehrke, and Tony Semerad join host UPR’s Tom Williams to talk about the latest news, including Bernie Sanders drawing a massive crowd during his ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour in deep-red Utah. Every Friday at 9:00 a.m., stream "Behind the Headlines" at upr.org or tune in to Utah Public Radio for the broadcast. Join the live conversation this week by email to [email protected] or Twitter @upraccess.

1 week ago | upr.org | Julia Simon |Jeongyoon Han

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has ordered a halt to an offshore wind project near the coast of Long Island. Today, Equinor, the Norwegian energy company that owns and operates the project, announced it is complying with the order and suspending all construction. President Trump, a longtime critic of wind energy, issued a moratorium on new development of offshore wind projects, one of his first executive orders upon returning to the White House.