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Emma Penrod

Environment reporter

Emma came to The Tribune after many years of working for small community newspapers. She covers environmental issues, with an emphasis on water, air quality, and public policy.

Farmers worry their livelihoods might be swept away as Utah, Idaho and Rocky Mountain Power eye new Bear Lake water plans

By Emma Penrod | June 1, 2018, 9:24 p.m.

New technologies could help Utahns save water — but are we willing to use them?

By Emma Penrod | May 21, 2018, 3:12 p.m.

Many Utahns’ electricity bills will shrink this summer — and there could be even more savings in the works

By Emma Penrod | May 11, 2018, 3:08 p.m.

Lyme-carrying ticks and other dangerous pests are creeping into Utah, thanks to climate change

By Emma Penrod | May 6, 2018, 4:07 a.m.

Utah offered nearly $13 million in federal cash to address stubborn wood smoke problem

By Emma Penrod | May 3, 2018, 3:03 p.m.

New technologies let Utah doctors keep heart patients alive longer — even when their natural hearts stop

By Emma Penrod | May 3, 2018, 3:03 p.m.

Feds give Utah three years to bring ozone pollution down to acceptable levels

By Emma Penrod | May 2, 2018, 3:28 p.m.

Toxic heavy metals in soils may pose risk to recreation in American Fork Canyon, new report finds

By Emma Penrod | April 23, 2018, 3:44 p.m.

Utah’s ozone pollution is getting worse despite progress on other fronts, American Lung Association says

By Emma Penrod | April 18, 2018, 4:06 a.m.

Utah ranks among U.S. states with highest rates of lung cancer caused by air pollution, report says

By Emma Penrod | April 17, 2018, 4:01 p.m.

Experts doubt a proposed Flaming Gorge pipeline will be built, but it could start a regional water war anyway

By Emma Penrod | April 17, 2018, 1:34 p.m.

Even brief exposure to air pollution increases risk of flu and other respiratory infections in children, Utah-based study finds

By Emma Penrod | April 12, 2018, 10:47 p.m.

Despite more than a hundred complaints by residents, Utah regulators still struggle to find wood-smoke offenders

By Emma Penrod | April 13, 2018, 1:53 p.m.

A new general authority for the LDS Church is also a longtime lobbyist for oil, mining companies

By Emma Penrod | April 6, 2018, 2:05 p.m.

Utah wants the power to keep a ‘startling’ amount of water in Bear Lake, but will the Great Salt Lake suffer?

By Emma Penrod | April 5, 2018, 1:37 p.m.

Utah to get cleaner gasoline by 2019, but will it be enough if Trump rolls back vehicle emissions standards?

By Emma Penrod | April 3, 2018, 9:30 p.m.

Calling Utah’s monument loss ‘tragic,’ Jane Goodall aims to inspire Utahns to fight for public lands, climate action and clean air

By Emma Penrod | April 2, 2018, 8:32 p.m.

Utah solar industry hopes new government regulations will bring order to the sector’s frenzied growth

By Emma Penrod | March 28, 2018, 7:52 p.m.

Mormons want to save the planet — it’s part of their theology — but many shy away from being called environmentalists

By Emma Penrod | March 27, 2018, 6:49 p.m.

Floating trash on the Jordan River threatens entire species of waterfowl, but a new project aims to fix that

By Emma Penrod | March 26, 2018, 9:08 p.m.