News - Salt Lake Valley
University of Utah and Harvard scientists develop way to enforce future greenhouse gas treaty
By Stephen Speckman Deseret News Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. still has decades of cleanup to do, but it now looks like a large area in the southwest portion of the Salt Lake Valley won't be put on a federal list of sites that are considered to be the most polluted in the country.
By Olson, Debbi When Kennecott Land Development (KLD) unveiled its plans in 2005 to create a master plan for the future development of the 144 square- mile West Bench, news and excitement about the project spread fast, creating unrealistic expectations that the Oquirrh Mountain range would quickly be transformed into a new metropolis that would more than double the current population of the Salt Lake Valley.
By Jared Page Deseret News Planners and elected officials along the Wasatch Front are taking hints from Utah history books as they prepare for transportation challenges in the future.
