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Past articles by Joan:

Is the Super Bowl getting hotter? Temperature trends are rising, especially in Phoenix

Kansas City and Philadelphia will play in climate-controlled conditions Sunday, but average temperatures have risen since the first Super Bowl. → Read More

He got booted for discussing climate change. But he's undeterred, with science on his side

An Arizonan tries to talk to his neighbors about climate change, while researchers show the way to fight denial is with repeated, accurate science. → Read More

How much of the heat can we blame on the heat island?

Is the built environment the real cause of our rising temps? Some of it, but not all, science has found. → Read More

The Water Tap: Join us for an anniversary event

On Monday, July 26th, The Spectrum & Daily News will host a gathering for those interested in discussing local water concerns. → Read More

Opposition to Lake Powell Pipeline heats up as activists call for a federal investigation

Conservationists are calling for a stop to projects diverting water from the Colorado River and an investigation into lobbying funds. → Read More

Here's where Utah wildfires are burning

As the 2021 wildfire season unfolds, we will chronicle its progression in Utah. → Read More

The Water Tap: How do heatwaves affect our water supply?

When temperatures spike in the desert, everyone needs more water and humans must compete with plants and even the air to get it. → Read More

Volunteers to water drought-stressed plants in burned tortoise habitat

Help is requested for this Thursday and Friday mornings to support native plant restoration in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. → Read More

Cedar City to host annual water festival Saturday, with renewed focus on conservation and youth

The festival has a special focus on teaching kids to adopt sustainable water lifestyles for Utah's future. → Read More

The Water Tap: Lessons from the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District and its turf-removal conservation rebate

How has Jordan Valley made the only turf removal rebate program in the state of Utah a success? → Read More

"A National Conservation Area is no place for a highway": Environmental group files suit against Northern Corridor

The lawsuit says planners failed to consider wildfire impacts, improper use of conservation funding and lack of consideration of alternative routes. → Read More

Survey results: How Washington County residents feel about the Lake Powell Pipeline

A majority of survey respondents said they support the project but don’t want to pay for it and would conserve more water in order to avoid it. → Read More

The Water Tap: The complicated picture of southwestern Utah's tenuous water future

Follow along as we cover topics relevant to the water future of southwestern Utah, including Iron and Washington counties. → Read More

The Water Tap: The ups, downs and many numbers of Cedar City's 2020 Water Report

It's all a jumbled numbers game. But data presented this week show water use rising while the aquifer drops. → Read More

Utah youth looking for answers on climate change question national climate reporter

The City Library in Salt Lake hosted an event for Utah's youth to learn more about how to cope with and mobilize solutions to climate change. → Read More

'Like a mini Northern Corridor': Tortoise advocates seek to delay the Long Valley Road extension

Conservationists say the project is further evidence of unchecked development destroying the qualities that make southern Utah a desirable place to live. → Read More

'Red Flag Warning': High winds fuel concerns about human-caused wildfires

There have already been 126 wildfires in Utah in 2021 that have burned more than 6,200 acres, far exceeding averages from recent years. → Read More

'Choke Cherry Fire' at 700 acres in Iron County and still active

As of Tuesday, the Hamlin Valley blaze was 0% contained. Last August, the Cougar Fire burned 500 acres to the north in this same valley. → Read More

Feds make official move to expand Cove Reservoir environmental review

Environmental groups pushed for this step, but it could end up broadening the scope of the project. → Read More

Utah biologists, agencies support controversial rollbacks of protections for greater sage grouse

Environmental groups oppose Trump administration cuts to the greater sage grouse habitat, while scientists say the issue is more complex. → Read More