Environmental groups have filed suit against the state of Utah arguing leaders aren't doing enough to prevent the state's namesake Great Salt Lake from drying up.
The state of Utah is not doing enough to save its imperiled Great Salt Lake and stop an impending ecological collapse, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by national and western environmental groups.filed in Utah state court seeks an injunction that would force state leaders to come up with a comprehensive plan to prevent the lake from drying.
Last year, state lawmakers did put hundreds of millions of dollars toward conservation and other water saving rules, but the groups say it amounted to"baby steps."A spokesperson at the Utah Governor's office declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing the pending litigation. "The snowpack that we had this last year that everybody initially thought was going to be the salvation of the lake, it's turned out that's nowhere near enough to save the lake long term," says Brian Moench, president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, one of five groups which are plaintiffs.
The lawsuit follows a recent report by scientists at Brigham Young University and other institutions warning that the Great Salt Lake could dry up within five years. Scientists
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