February 12, 2024

Thank you to the Natural History Museum of Utah for an eye-opening weekend at the Climate of Hope exhibit ! Youth activists from the 100% Clean Energy Schools Campaign in Granite were excited to visit and deepen our understanding of how climate change impacts our state.

Here are some takeaways from our visit to recap on what we learned as a team:

Utah has already experienced a warming of about two degrees (F) in the last century, rising at about twice the rate of the global average. Though a few degrees increase might not sound significant, the exhibit revealed the far-reaching ripple effects of a hotter climate in our region, including trends of increasing drought, wildfires, flash floods, and extreme heat waves.…