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How the LDS Church could prevent its headquarters from becoming a toxic wasteland

Utah’s predominant faith has a huge stake — and could have a huge say — in the Great Salt Lake’s survival.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Angel Moroni atop The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Bountiful Temple is shown in December 2022 with the shriveling Great Salt Lake in the background. A dying Great Salt Lake could make the historic home of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints uninhabitable. What is the Utah-based faith doing to prevent it — and what do environmentalists think it should do?