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EPISODE · Apr 24, 2026 · 2 MIN

Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake

from Morning Edition · host Saige Miller

Utah's Great Salt Lake has been labeled an "environmental nuclear bomb" and it has the attention of the president of the United States.

Utah's Great Salt Lake has been labeled an "environmental nuclear bomb" and it has the attention of the president of the United States.

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