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Dear Business Community, The 2023 General Legislative Session is well underway. The Utah Legislature convened the 65th session on January 17th and will work hard for 45 days to appropriate funding and legislate. Our team is actively engaged on the Hill, and if you would like to meet with us or relay emerging policy [...]
The headlines are telling us that flows in the Colorado River are diminishing. Our crucial reservoirs are at an all-time low. Utah and other states are now facing mandatory shortages. The drought continues to plague the West. What does it mean for Utah businesses as the Colorado River stirs in crisis? As key [...]
A recent piece in the New York Times sheds light on one of the most significant ecological events happening in the country, the drying up of the Great Salt Lake. The New York Times got it right in warning us how important the body of water is to our health and the economy. The good [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Utah's Water - Salt Lake Chamber This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. The ongoing drought and water shortage brings into focus the need for collective conservation efforts on this vital resource. The ongoing drought in Utah and western states will act as a governor on our [...]
We reached the halfway point of the 2022 Legislative Session this week, and much debate was had in committees. Also, the legislature passed another tax cut with a historic inclusion of the earned income tax credit (EITC) for Utah. Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, published an op-ed this week [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber’s Water Champion H2Oath is founded on the precept that water is our most precious natural resource. As Utah faces an unprecedented drought, protecting and efficiently using the water supply is imperative to ensuring clean, safe and long-term drinking water. Businesses that sign the pledge are leaders in changing behavior patterns to [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber’s Water Champion H2Oath is founded on the precept that water is our most precious natural resource. As Utah faces an unprecedented drought, protecting and efficiently using the water supply is imperative to ensuring clean, safe and long-term drinking water. Businesses that sign the pledge are leaders in changing behavior patterns to [...]
With drought conditions continuing to worsen across the state of Utah, Boeing has stepped up to reduce its water usage across Boeing sites in Salt Lake City. As the worst drought in Utah’s history threatens to run half the state’s reservoirs completely dry, Governor Spencer J. Cox in partnership with the Salt Lake Chamber have [...]
The Salt Lake Chamber’s Water Champion H2Oath, Utah’s water-wise pledge for businesses, is founded on the precept that water is our most precious natural resource. As Utah is facing an unprecedented drought, protecting and efficiently using the water supply is critical to ensuring clean, safe and long-term drinking water. Businesses that sign the pledge are [...]
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (SEPTEMBER 12, 2019) – Business leaders, government stakeholders and water management experts from Utah and Israel came together today to develop partnerships and discuss cutting edge innovations in corporate water stewardship, natural resource management, and public policies at the Business H2O: Water Innovation Summit, hosted by the Salt Lake Chamber and [...]
