(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…
(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – The Smog Lake City Singers, musician Tom Bennett, and a song written by local fourth graders provided some levity and musical interludes as part of the Clean Air, No Excuses Rally on Jan. 25, 2014, at the Utah State Capitol. The…
(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – Amidst the announcement that Stericycle is now intending to move their medical waste incinerating plant from North Salt Lake to Tooele, Bob Bowcock of Team Erin Brockovich took to the podium in what turned out to be the largest environmental protest…
(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – As a news anchor, Dick Nourse served the people of Utah longer than any other anchor in Utah history — 43 years, and as a matter of fact, Mr. Nourse educated his loyal audience night after night from behind the KSL…
(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – At the Clean Air, No Excuses rally on Jan. 25, 2014, at the State Capitol, Dr. Brian Moench of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment explained exactly how to solve Utah’s complex and crippling air pollution problem. “The average Utahn walks…
(EnviroNews Utah) – If you like to know about the medical science concerning increased disease risk at close proximity to an incinerator, this video is for you! Taped at the “Shut Down Stericycle Press Conference” on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City Utah, this segment features Dr. Ellie…
(EnviroNews Utah) – On friday August 6th, once again, after normal business hours, and after the Utah Department of Air Quality had closed their doors for the day, an amazing emergency bypass even was taped and sent into local EnviroNews Utah. The culprit this time, Stericycle medical waste…
(EnviroNews Utah) – Due in large part to a sensational video captured by alert citizen Aaron Wiley on friday last week, a compelling press conference went down today on Capitol Hill. The content of the video was a massive emergency bypass burped forth by Stericycle medical waste incineration…
(EnviroNews Utah) – “I have a question for our legislators, and that is: Are you smarter than a 5th grader?” That was the inquiry posed by Todd Jenson to the Utah State Legislature in front of a crowd of demonstrators outside of a contentious town-hall featuring freshman Utah…
(EnviroNews Utah) – The moral of this story is as our producer said “very simple.” Never try to shut down an EnviroNews cameraman or camerawoman from rolling tape at a public meeting. Thank you.
(EnviroNews Utah) – EDITOR’S NOTE: When originally released, this documentary filmed was titled, “Families Camp Out in Protest to Save the Tavaputs Plateau from America’s First Approved Commercial Tar Sands Mine.” The transcript reads as follows: Tar sands, oil sands, asphalt, and bituminous sands. These names all represent…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) – The day has finally arrived, and climate hero Tim DeChristopher, a.k.a. “Bidder 70” is free of the Federal prison system, well minus three years of crummy and cumbersome probation. In this segment, we recap what was truly one of the most inspiring, yet…
(EnviroNews Utah) — Salt Lake City, Utah — In this documentary, groundbreaking developments in electric vehicle technology are unveiled. While tenaciously converting fossil fuel vehicles to zero emission automobiles, these Utah-based groups present a viable strategy for tackling carbon emissions, air pollution and climate destabilization. Monica Bellenger reporting.