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HOA turf, parking strip changes and xeriscaping incentives considered to help in Utah s drought
Utah officials say drought recovery could take years
and last updated 2021-07-08 19:41:50-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Utah lawmakers are exploring a number of water policy changes to promote conservation as the state s drought emergency worsens.
On Thursday, Unfortunately, it will take much more than an average winter to pull us out of this drought. If we get an average winter, it will take much longer than that to refill our reservoirs, our ground water and to improve our conditions statewide, said Candice Hasenyager, the agency s deputy director.
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On June 4, 25 Utah Legislators published an op-ed in the Deseret News entitled âRepublicans need to engage in climate politics,â endorsing the concept of carbon fee and dividend as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. From the op-ed: âWe support a carbon dividends approach that puts a fee on carbon emissions and returns all the money to the American people in dividend checks. This approach does not require heavy-handed government oversight. The fee gives the markets an incentive to move to cleaner technologies, while the dividend protects families from the effect of higher energy prices. Most families should come out financially ahead, and they will be rewarded for reducing emissions however they choose. ⦠Carbon dividends will also put American manufacturers on a level playing field with the rest of the world by applying the carbon fee to goods imported from countries that arenât doing their part to reduce emissions. American manufac
SALT LAKE CITY Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson joined several lawmakers on Tuesday in Salt Lake City to ceremonially sign six bills all aimed at equity by dealing with hunger, homelessness, immigration, housing affordability and language barriers.
Cox said the ceremonial signing at NeighborWorks office in the Guadalupe neighborhood, one the most blighted neighborhoods in Salt Lake City before the community development corporation revitalized it, was meant to highlight several positive bills that deserved more attention but got lost in the shuffle of the 2021 Legislature and that Cox had already signed. One of the pillars of our administration is we wanted to focus on equality and opportunity and making sure that everyone in the state has the same opportunities as everyone else, that we work hard to lift others, and to make Utah a better place and a more welcoming place, the governor said. And that s what we re here to celebrate today.