(EnviroNews Utah) – A handful of informed citizens in the Greater Salt Lake area had been waiting for this moment for years. That is, the opportunity to engage directly, in an open town hall format, with representatives from one of America’s well-guarded dirty little medical secrets. Stericycle Inc.,…
(EnviroNews Utah) – On March 23rd, protestors of the now approved tar sands project in PR Springs, Utah delivered a row of small coffins to the Chevron Refinery in Salt Lake City, in response to the refineries recent expansion plans that would enable them to accommodate future tar…
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City — There were enraged citizens from all walks of life at the “Rally to Restore Sanity to Government” held at the Utah State Capitol on the second to last day of the 2012 legislative session. The event was moved inside due to…
(EnviroNews Utah) – On the second to the last day of the 2012 Utah legislative session, outraged protestors gathered at the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity to Government’ in order to protest an array of issues ranging from the elimination of sex education and women’s rights, to air quality,…
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City — Dr. Brian Moench, MD and Founder of the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment lectures on how air pollution damages genes, predisposes children to many diseases, while lowering IQ points at the Rio Tinto/Kennecott Lawsuit Press Conference. The Utah Physicians For…
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City — Today, Brian Moench, Founder and President of the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, alongside of the Utah Mom’s for Clean Air and WildEarth Guardians announced the filing of a joint lawsuit against Kennecott Utah Copper. The suit claims that Kennecott…
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City, Utah — This newsreel showcases heated air pollution protests on Capitol Hill in Utah. The protests were initiated by the Utah Mom’s for Clean Air and others after weeks on end of “Red Air Days” where children were not allowed to go…
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City, Utah — In this story, Karen Bergesen is interviewed about her family’s “chemically induced asthma”, suspected to be caused by excessive air pollution exposure from living on “Refinery Row” in South Davis County, Utah. Additionally, Dr. Brian Moench was interviewed on the…
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City, Utah — Here, Monica Bellenger sums up Utah’s dire air pollution problem and discusses the three year mandate placed on Utah by the EPA to meet stricter air quality standards.
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City, Utah — From an EnviroNews segment in early 2009 with Karen Bergesen. Here, the economic impacts of health care related medical expenses from air pollution are explored. Monica Bellenerg reporting.
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