Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake ^23.2%

KUER - By Saige Miller - 4/24/2026, 9:09 PM

Negativity Bias 14.4% - Hasty Generalization 10% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 9.3%

<b>Updated April 24, 2026 at 9:03 AM MDT</b> At its peak, Great Salt Lake, located right outside the state's capital of Salt Lake City, was bigger than the state of Delaware, covering roughly 2,300 square miles, with a thriving ecosystem and the main reason Utah claimed to have "the greatest snow on Earth." Now, due to a severe water... more

What Will It Take to Make Great Salt Lake Great Again? ^59.2%

RadioWest | KUER - 4/13/2026, 8:59 PM

Appeal to Authority 41.2% - Halo Effect 27.5% - Pessimism Bias 20.3%

Some observers may have balked when President Trump posted on social media earlier this year promising to “MAKE ‘THE LAKE’ GREAT AGAIN.” He backed it up in his budget proposal to Congress, requesting a billion dollars to ensure Great Salt Lake’s long-term sustainability. The challenge, says BYU ecologist Ben Abbott, will be turning that... more

An Environmental Horror Story About Great Salt Lake ^80.7%

RadioWest | KUER - 1/20/2026, 8:18 PM

In a new documentary premiering at Sundance, local filmmaker Abby Ellis follows two scientists and a government official fighting to stave off environmental disaster and save Great Salt Lake. While the lake is certainly a character in Ellis’ film, for her, the story is really about three people whose lives, she says, are inseparable from... more