In the fall of 2013, Weber State University joined with the city of Ogden in an effort to promote glass recycling. Ogden had three locations for residents to recycle glass, with a fourth location now on...

Ranked against other states, Utah tends to be low on the list for air quality, especially during the cold season. When Utah air pollution is high, it can affect the health of citizens along the Wasatch...

Weber State University professor Hal Crimmel donned goggles, a persona named Captain Clean Air and a hand puppet named Badger inside the WSU Charter Academy's kindergarten classes on Tuesday. A member...

Of all deaths along the Wasatch Front, 4-8 percent are attributed to air pollution. Air pollution also takes two years off the lifespan of Wasatch Front residents. These are a couple of the facts highlighted...

At a recent On Air Engaged Learning Series presentation, Chip Ward, an environmental activist and author, told the audience to stop using the term "environmentalist," using “embodimentalist” instead....

Nearly every college student dreams of spending time abroad, but many cannot due to the financial limitations of being a student. The Wild & Scenic Film Festival made a stop in Salt Lake City on...

Weber State University has been pulling efforts together to help promote cleaner air in the Ogden City area. The Environmental Issues Committee has organized projects and conducted discussion panels...

Many people who live in Utah are familiar with the negative effects of inversion, a condition in which a layer of cold air traps a layer of warm air under it, causing air pollution to remain locally...

The Wildcat Theater was near full capacity, occupied with students, faculty and members of the community who came to hear an activist read an essay he wrote specifically for the occasion. The campus-wide...

While Utah’s air quality meets the federal standards 95 percent of days of the year, the other 5 percent of days is a cause of concern for many Wasatch Front residents. “I, as a person who enjoys...

The Center for Community Engaged Learning and the Environmental Issues Committee hosted a showing of “Gasland” on Monday, an award-winning documentary about the adverse effects of fracking on the...

Imagine one of Utah’s most beautiful well-kept wilderness secrets, the San Rafael Swell, turning into a sad, muddy and oily mess. If the Bureau of Land Management has its way, a network of pipelines...