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Show NO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY SALT LAKE CITY - An oil well to be drilled by Conoco inside the new SWISS CHEESE ATMOSPHERE BALTIMORE - A University of Iowa physicist has new evidence that relatively Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument will proceed Environmenta without an environmental impact study. O's es The BLM made the ruling but did conduct a smaller environmental assessment - a 45-page document saying that a full-scale EIS is not necessary. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the Sierra Club have objected to the decision. And say they may appeal the decision to the Interior Department's Board of Land Appeals. ON FIRST Scott Groene of SUWA and Lawson LeGate of the Sierra Club say their organizations are insisting on an EIS to insure the monuments lands are protected. Conoco holds 59 leases over 108,000 acres inside the monument and may want to drill. numerous wells in the monument. may be responsible for most of the water in the oceans. UTAH AIR FULL OF TOXINS SALT LAKE CITY - The Magnesium Corporation of America, located west of Salt Lake Valley in Tooele County released 64.3 NO LONGER ENDANGERED VERNAL - The black-footed ferret of the Uinta Basin of eastern Utah has been removed from the federal list of endan- million pounds of chlorine into the air in gered species: LOS ANGELES - A warm water mass the size of the United States is being tracked across the Pacific by NASA scientists - a signal that an El] Nino may be setting up to cause wet weather or perhaps drought. Although it is unclear exactly what caus- ‘1995, according to.a'state study. Much like the condor Northern Arizona and Southern Fish and Wildlife Service plans families of the black-footed ferret and Uintah Counties. es El Nino, the phenomenon is associated have given rise to extremely wet conditions, causing flooding. They blamed for droughts. have also been holes in the Earth's upper atmosphere on a regular basis. Special high-powered cameras in space have confirmed the theory of Louis Frank that comets made up mostly of ice weighing 20 to 40 tons come crashing through the atmosphere, causing holes 600 to 15,000 miles from the Earth’s surface. Frank’s studies indicate that between five and 30 small comets enter the atmosphere every minute - about 16 million a year. Like falling snow, these comets break up as they enter the atmosphere. But the phenomenon IS EL NINO COMING? with the warm water mass that moves from Australia toward South America. It arrives about Christmastime giving rise to the Spanish name for baby Jesus. El Ninos alter jet-stream winds and that, in turn, disturbs weather patterns. El Ninos small comets are punching A spokesman for Chlorine Contamination Citizens - Against said the emissions from MagCorp could be.adding to air pollution along the Wasatch Front. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality report states that 77 million pounds of toxic chemicals were released. in’ 1995. Beyond the 64 million released. by MagCorp., Kennecott Copper emitted 6 million, Thiokol lion pounds. Environmental released close to one mil- Recently, the National Working Group issued a study indicating that new clean air standards could save 29 lives a year in Utah. program in Utah, the US to release 20 in Duchesne As part of the program, the animals will be raised in captivity in the area in which they will be released. In about one year, the animals will be released near Roosevelt and Vernal. The ferret will no longer have the protection it enjoyed under the Endangered Species Act. It remains unclear whether the animals will be able to survive in an environment dominated by ranching. But it will still be illegal to hunt the animals. PAVING THE WETLANDS SALT LAKE CITY - The Audubon Society and a duck club are protesting a plan to build the so-called “Legacy Highway” through the wetlands on the eastern shores of the Great Salt Lake. More than 165 species of birds use the wetlands, according to the Audubon Society and the Farmington Bay Advocates. The groups say a highway would harm the fragile wetlands. The plan to pave a highway through the wetlands is one of two proposals now being considered for Gov. Leavitt's planned Legacy Highway. The second plan would run north and south but to the east of the Salt Lake City International Airport. The federal government could require the state to replace lost wetlands, an exercise that could cost millions. Champions Dont Settle for Par And neither do we. Come to the 1997 Franklin Quest Championship July 25 to 27 at the Park Meadows Golf Club in Park City. Johnny Miller and other professional golfers will battle to see who is best in the west on Tickets available at all SmithTix locations, Park Meadows Golf Club and FranklinCovey™ stores. |