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Bill Allowing Utah to Adopt Regs. Stricter Than EPA Passes Senate Committee, Moves to Floor (Extended Coverage)

Bill Allowing Utah to Adopt Regs. Stricter Than EPA Passes Senate Committee, Moves to Floor (Extended Coverage)

(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City, Utah — In what turned out to be a huge blow to environmentalists and Utah air pollution fighters alike, two highly anticipated bills, House Bill 121 and Senate Bill 164, put forth by Republican Representative Becky Edwards and Democratic Senator Gene Davis…

Mormon, Republican Delegate Mother Implores Committee to go Stricter Than EPA on Air Pollution

Mormon, Republican Delegate Mother Implores Committee to go Stricter Than EPA on Air Pollution

(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City, Utah — Utah often has the most dangerous air pollution in the United States, frequently and repeatedly soaring high above EPA compliance limits for what is considered “safe” for PM 2.5 particulate pollution. The health-hampering air crisis has become the number one…

Natasha Hinks at Stericycle Protest: ‘What do they plan to do to clean this up?’

Natasha Hinks at Stericycle Protest: ‘What do they plan to do to clean this up?’

(EnviroNews Utah) — North Salt Lake City, Utah — At a protest titled “Protest or Celebration? Governor Herbert? You Decide!”, Natasha Hinks-Henderson, co-helms-woman of Communities for Clean Air took the megaphone in front of the Stericycle medical waste incineration plant in North Salt Lake City, Utah. The protest…

Alicia Connell at Stericycle Protest: ‘How many lives have to be lost before the Governor shuts this place down?’

Alicia Connell at Stericycle Protest: ‘How many lives have to be lost before the Governor shuts this place down?’

(EnviroNews Utah) — North Salt Lake City, Utah — At a protest titled “Protest or Celebration? Governor Herbert? You Decide!”, Alicia Connell, helms-woman of Communities for Clean Air took the megaphone in front of the Stericycle medical waste incineration plant in North Salt Lake City, Utah. The protest…

Physicians Group Rips Apart “Offensive” Stericycle Cancer Study at the State Capitol

Physicians Group Rips Apart “Offensive” Stericycle Cancer Study at the State Capitol

(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – In a press conference at the state capitol on Feb. 13, 2014, Dr. Brian Moench, president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment lambasted the Utah Department of Health’s recently released Stericycle and Cancer study and the representation of that study…

Rep. Patrice Arent Gives Solution-Loaded Air Pollution Pep Talk to Crowd of 5,000 at Largest Environmental Rally in Utah History

Rep. Patrice Arent Gives Solution-Loaded Air Pollution Pep Talk to Crowd of 5,000 at Largest Environmental Rally in Utah History

(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – Rep. Patrice Arent of District 36 took to the podium to address a crowd of approximately 5,000 on Saturday in what would play out as the largest environmental rally/protest in Utah State history. Her message — “Our voices must not stop…

Joro Walker Named Utah “PEOPLE’S Attorney of the Year” by UPHE in Response to Controversial DEQ “Attorney of the Year” Award

Joro Walker Named Utah “PEOPLE’S Attorney of the Year” by UPHE in Response to Controversial DEQ “Attorney of the Year” Award

(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – In response to the Utah Attorney General’s Office awarding the “Attorney of the Year” trophy to Christian Stephens, the lawyer at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) who has been fighting to suppress the lawsuits against the Kennecott and Tesoro pollution…