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(Standard Examiner) Report classifies Utah as a natural resources hog

An ecological deficit means we’ve CONSUMED more resources for the year than our land, waters and ecosystems can PRODUCE or absorb. As with overspending cash, it means we dip into credit that has to somehow be paid back.

Utah isn’t faring well. It tied with South Dakota and the District of Columbia for the fourth-largest ecological footprint. Utahns consume way more natural resources than they produce…For food, clothing, transportation and housing, every Utahn consumes the equivalent of 22 global acres each year. The state only has a capacity to provide five acres per person.

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