(EnviroNews Utah via Community Watch Blog) — North Salt Lake — At about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, residents of Foxboro were caught in another Stericycle bypass event as fire and black smoke billowed out of the unfiltered bypass stack at the medical waste incinerator in…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Washington D.C. — Reverend Lennox Yearwood of the evermore popular Hip Hop Caucus, was interviewed on EnviroNews USA by Rob Brune. The transcript is as follows: Rob Brune: How were you received with the tour of the colleges? Reverend Lennox Yearwood: The tour…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Washington D.C. — Tom Weis, President of Climate Crisis Solutions was interviewed on EnviroNews DC by Rob Brune. Weis has a strong background in conservation, wind and renewable energy, as well as political organizing. The transcript is as follows: Rob Brune: Okay, I’m…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — The debate against the Keystone Pipeline heated up this past weekend as two traditionally opposed groups came together in an effort to defeat a project that threatens aquifers, sacred lands, and frankly, all life on Earth. The Cowboy and Indian Alliance formed a…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — In this interview, famed celebrity actress and activist Daryl Hannah was interviewed alongside renowned Native American activist, former Green Party vice presidential candidate and economist Winona LaDuke by EnviroNews USA Editor-in-Chief Emerson Urry. The dynamic duo attended the Cowboy and Indian Alliance “Reject…
(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — This interview with legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Neil Young was taped live on April, 26 2014 at the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in Washington, D.C. The event was aimed at pressuring President Barack Obama to reject the construction of…
(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…
(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – Concerned neighbors in Foxboro and South Davis County are not satisfied with the proposed move of Stericycle’s medical waste incineration plant a mere 30 miles away to Tooele. Not only is that still in the Wasatch airshed where Stericycle has been…
(EnviroNews Utah) – Salt Lake City – Blue Mountain Hospital in Blanding, UT switched to a SteriMed system to get rid of its medical waste and hasn’t looked back since its implementation. Dwight Morgan, senior vice president of Strategic Business Development and International Sales for SteriMed Medical Waste…
(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 – 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…
(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…