CO newspaper pans UT pols' plans for federal land grab

"To the west
of us in Utah
a few state lawmakers have ginned up a plan to gain control of federal lands in
that state by a simple means: They want to condemn them. Great. All
the West needs is every state official or local government potentate with a
hankering for money to have the authority to condemn acres and acres of federal
lands and turn them over to private developers." Read more – Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Climate change denying UT state reps gain international infamy
"Carbon
dioxide is "essentially harmless" to human beings and good for
plants. So now will you stop worrying about global warming? Utah's House of Representatives
apparently has at least. Officially the most Republican state in America,
its political masters have adopted a resolution condemning "climate
alarmists", and disputing any scientific basis for global warming." Read more – London Guardian