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  • FILE – Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. Amid rising panic about the future of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is putting newfound emphasis on environmental stewardship. A high-ranking church official spoke to scientists and politicians at the University of Utah on Friday, March 17, 2023, about the church’s recent move to donate 20,000 acre-feet of water to help maintain the elevation of the Great Salt Lake and commitment to re-landscaping its temples and meetinghouses known for their neatly manicured grass. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer,File)Environment

    The Mormon Church is dipping its toe into environmentalism as Utah grapples with drought

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • Salt Lake Temple in Temple Square at sunset.Finance

    Mormon church fined by the SEC for using 13 shell companies to hide a $32 billion investment portfolio

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press
  • U.S. Sen. Jon TesterPolitics

    Forget the Chinese balloon—selling farmland to foreign nationals is the real worry, argue U.S. lawmakers

    By Matthew Brown, Sam Metz, and others
  • Western droughtEnvironment

    Global warming is ripping up the grassy street medians of the American West

    By Sam Metz, Kathleen Ronayne, and others