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West Coast Wildfires Now Causing Dangerous New Seasonal Air Pollution Catastrophe Across America: CA’s Rep. Jared Huffman Weighs in; Lawmakers Introduce Bills

West Coast Wildfires Now Causing Dangerous New Seasonal Air Pollution Catastrophe Across America: CA’s Rep. Jared Huffman Weighs in; Lawmakers Introduce Bills

(EnviroNews California) — Bon Tempe Dam, Marin County, California — Breathing the air during just one pollution spike for just one day can cause catastrophic health issues — even death, according to top medical experts on the topic. And seasonal air pollution, often driven by West Coast wildfires,…

George Floyd Protests Likely to Cause Uptick in COVID-19 Cases, Experts Warn

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — As demonstrations begin to change their focus and possibly wind down following the charges brought against the four officers involved in the killing of George Floyd, police officers and protestors face an insidious threat: COVID-19. Coronavirus is still active, and politicians and the medical…

Tesoro Shelves Utah Oil Pipeline Plan Indefinitely Blaming Market Conditions

(EnviroNews Utah) — Roosevelt, Utah — San Antonio refining giant Tesoro Corporation announced last week that it will be shelving its plan for a 135-mile-long oil pipeline that had been in the works for several years, citing “unfavorable market conditions.” Fuelfix reported Destin Singleton, company spokesman wrote, “due…

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…

Environmental Groups Call on UT Citizens to Bombard Govs Office With Phone Calls to Shut Stericycle Down

Environmental Groups Call on UT Citizens to Bombard Govs Office With Phone Calls to Shut Stericycle Down

(EnviroNews Utah) — North Salt Lake City, Utah — On September 25, 2014 a protest went down in front of the Stericycle medical waste incineration facility in North Salt Lake City, Utah over claims made by an anonymous whistleblower in an EnviroNews documentary. At the protest, community groups…

Medical Waste Madness — ‘The Devil’s Work’ — Stericycle Plant Whistleblower Tells All (Documentary)

Medical Waste Madness — ‘The Devil’s Work’ — Stericycle Plant Whistleblower Tells All (Documentary)

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — The Hippocratic Oath is a pledge that over 98% of medical students recite on graduation day. Their sacred pledge: “DO NO HARM.” — but little do most of them realize that a downright deadly culprit is undoing and undermining their solemnly sworn Hippocratic…

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…

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…