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SALT LAKE CITY A new report issued Thursday by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance says passing America s Red Rock Wilderness Act, which would protect millions more acres of land in Utah, could help mitigate the impacts of climate change and stem the loss of animal species and biodiversity.
Passing the act would be a big step toward meeting the goals of the 30x30 Campaign to Save Nature, the report says, which aims to protect 30% of the earth s lands and oceans by 2030 in an effort to limit the planet s temperature increase.
In a Thursday presentation from the Wilderness Alliance, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, SUWA board member Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk said America s Red Rock Wilderness Act presents an extraordinary opportunity.
Under cloak of the climate change threat, President Joe Biden ordered an indefinite pause on new oil and natural gas leasing on federal public lands, stoking outrage from Utah and Western leaders, a lawsuit and praise from environmental groups opposed to fossil fuel development.