NEWS: Here’s how Utah lawmakers cut state spending to cope with COVID-19
The Salt Lake TribuneJuly 23, 2020By Bethany Rodgers A month after Utah reduced its education and general fund spending by more than $1 billion, advocates…
Category: HEAL in the News
Below you’ll find news in which HEAL itself, our staff, or our campaigns are mentioned.
NEWS: Latino Conservation Week Kicks Off In Utah
Utah Public RadioJuly 20, 2020By Shoshannah Buxbaum Latino Conservation Week was founded in 2014 by the Hispanic Access Foundation as a national initiative to encourage Latinos…
NEWS: Trinity, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 75 years later: Utah’s connections to nuclear weapons
Deseret NewsJuly 16, 2020By Stan Holmes and Cathy Kreuter Just before dawn on July 16, 1945, an exploding atomic sun lit the sky over Alamogordo,…
NEWS: Scott Williams: Gov. Herbert, Don’t let radioactive waste be your legacy
The Salt Lake TribuneBy Dr. Scott WilliamsJuly 5, 2020 Energy Fuels, a Colorado-based business that owns the White Mesa Mill in Utah’s stunningly beautiful San…
NEWS: Estonia doesn’t want and can’t safely store radioactive powder, so 2,000 drums of it may be coming to southeastern Utah
The Salt Lake TribuneJune 16, 2020By Zak Podmore A former Soviet weapons plant near the Baltic Sea. The Ministry of Environment for the Republic of…
NEWS: Students in Salt Lake City drive school district to 100 percent clean energy commitment
Solar BuilderJune 15, 2020Chris Crowell Earlier this month, the Salt Lake City District School board passed a resolution unanimously establishing the goal of transitioning the…
NEWS: Salt Lake City School District sets goal of 100% clean energy by 2030
Solar Power World June 4, 2020 By Kelsey Misbrener Utah’s Salt Lake City District School board passed a resolution in June unanimously establishing the goal…
NEWS: As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice
Inside Climate News June 3, 2020 BY ILANA COHEN, EVELYN NIEVES, JUDY FAHYS, MARIANNE LAVELLE, JAMES BRUGGERS When New York Communities for Change helped lead…
NEWS: Carmen Valdez: This era is not the ‘great equalizer.’ But it is the time for great change.
The Salt Lake Tribune May 9, 2020 By Carmen Valdez, HEAL Utah Recent global and local data have shown how drastically emissions have dropped as more people are staying…
NEWS: How to Celebrate Earth Day from Home
Salt Lake MagazineApril 21, 2020By Kaitlyn Christy Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970. Fast forward 50 years later and here we are in the…