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US interior secretary recommends altering some national monuments for commercial use

Environment

A leaked report says Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke wants to shrink or alter some national monuments in order to allow greater commercial use of the land.

Latino Mormons’ history intertwined with Romney family

Global Politics
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Many Latino Mormons are torn about Mitt Romney

Business, Economics and Jobs
The World

Trivia Shootout: US vs. Canada

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Earth Ear

The World

Nuclear Waste Storage on Goshute Tribal Lands

From outside Salt Lake City, Utah, Jenny Brundin (brun-DEEN) reports on the Goshute (GO-shoot) Indian Tribe’s plan to provide storage for the nation’s 77 thousand tons of unwanted nuclear waste. While it would bring money and jobs to the area, not all Goshutes like the idea.

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… the joining of the Central and Union Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit, Utah, 129 years ago. Will new high speed trains rekindle America’s romance with railroads?

The Living on Earth Almanac

This week, facts about… the largest inland body of salt water in the western hemisphere, Utah’s Great Salt Lake.

The World

Escalante Wilderness: Monument of the West

During the 1996 election campaign, President Clinton authorized the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the Utah wilderness. There’s not much difference between a national monument and a national park, except that the creation of national monuments doesn’t require the approval of Congress. Mr. Clinton may not have had the votes on Capitol Hill, but he […]

Presidential Politics in the Northwest

Tim Egan, Northwest bureau chief for the New York Times joins Jan to discuss President Clinton’s decision to designate a national monument in southern Utah, and a selection of other environmental issues that bear on the President’s bid for re-election.