The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

A coalition of environmental groups have asked a judge to keep a lawsuit over the future of the Great Salt Lake alive.

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Retreating water levels are exposing stretches of cracked, arsenic-laden lakebed in Utah. Future dust storms will carry an extra hazard. People wade in the waters of the Great Salt Lake at Antelope ...

The state of Utah is asking a judge to once again dismiss an environmental coalition's lawsuit accusing government agencies ...

Note to readers • Leia Larsen is a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She spent a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining the intersection of politics and environmental issues.

PROVO, Utah — Dr. Ben Abbott was out for a mountain bike ride when he saw the dust storm. He pulled out his phone and took video of Saturday's storm that blew into the Provo-Orem area. Buildings were ...