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Nearly 600 million birds are killed each year in North America due to collisions with buildings and not just skyscrapers. Residences up to four stories in height account for 250 million of the 600 million total, according to the National Audubon Society.
Among the major contributors to these deadly crashes: artificial light at night which disorients the birds and glass, due to both its transparency and mirrorlike, reflective properties.
With the stroke of a pen from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois became the latest entity to enact legislation aimed at stemming the carnage.
Under the Bird Safe Buildings Act, any newly constructed state building will be required to incorporate bird-friendly design. The same rules apply, with a handful of exemptions, to renovations of state buildings in which more than half of the facade is substantially altered.
Jeff Buckner, Salt Lake County facilities maintenance supervisor, puts up new signs in the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City reflecting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance on masks on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. The CDC now recommends masks for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, inside public places.
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With Utah’s surge in COVID-19 cases sparked by the highly contagious delta variant not expected to slow until this fall, public health officials are calling on Utahns to mask up in addition to making sure they are fully vaccinated against the deadly virus.
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A Utah congressman says one of the most troubling things he has seen in recent years is the federal government reaching into Americans’ lives in an “abusive manner.”
“And this administration is doing that on steroids,” Republican Rep. Chris Stewart told conservative legislators from around the country at the American Legislative Exchange Council conferences in Salt Lake City.
Stewart, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said the conversation about privacy has shifted since President Joe Biden took office. He said the Biden administration is allowing organizations in the intelligence community such as the CIA, NSA and others to cross over into domestic law enforcement issues “because by their estimation, white supremacy and domestic terrorism is the greatest threat facing our nation.”