Utah regulators to deny permit for landfill on the shores of Great Salt Lake
Lake advocates and scientists have long sounded the alarm over the massive dump, which has proposed hauling in coal ash and garbage from other states.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Promontory Point Landfill, located on the west side of the southern tip of Promontory Point peninsula, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.