Visiting EPA administrator throws support behind Great Salt Lake, punts on controversial data center

Before discussing the $1 billion allotment in President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget to help save Utah’s ailing Great Salt Lake, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency took a tour on an airboat. Saturday’s event at Farmington Bay was just one stop during EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s time in the Beehive State, where he […]

By: Will Ruzanski

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 24, 2026

Words: 1,335

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can …

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