HEAL Utah Applauds Climate Change Provisions in The Inflation Reduction Act, Urges Local Officials to Work on Local Solutions.
“This bill should mark the start of a new opportunity to finally prioritize our health and our environment as a nation.”
Category: Press Releases
Below you will find press releases, official statements, and media advisories that we have issued.
STATEMENT:Clean Air Advocates Share Renewed Concerns about Utah’s Plan to Reduce Haze Pollution
Salt Lake City, UT – Today the Utah Division of Air Quality and the Air Quality Board heard from clean air advocates calling for strengthened…
Statement from Lexi Tuddenham, Executive Director of The Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah), about the recent decision from the Salt Lake County Council regarding a proposed mine in Parleys Canyon.
STATEMENT: APRIL 5, 2022 HEAL Utah supports the recent decision from The Salt Lake County Council to amend current ordinances halting further progress of the…
RELEASE: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AWARDS SALT LAKE-BASED NONPROFIT $200,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM
SALT LAKE COUNTY — The Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah), a local environmental policy nonprofit, has been awarded $200,000 from the Environmental Protection…
RELEASE: Biden’s EPA Backs Trump Rule to Let Utah’s Coal Plants Pollute National Parks
Conservation Groups Pursue Lawsuit to Defend Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze ProgramWednesday, December 8, 2021Contact: Alex Veilleux, HEAL Utah, alex@healutah.orgJonny Vasic, Utah Physicians for a Healthy…
RELEASE: PacifiCorp’s Plan to Burn Fossil Fuels Into 2040s Contradicts Scientific Consensus on Slowing Climate Change
Salt Lake City (September 1, 2021) — A regional coalition of conservation groups commented on PacifiCorp’s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan that was filed today in…
RELEASE: RADIOACTIVE WASTE HEADED TO SOUTHERN UTAH
Salt Lake City, UT – On Monday, August 2, 2021, the Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) published their approval for Energy…
PRESS RELEASE: With U.S. on Path to Reclaiming Global Leadership on Climate, Utah Organizations Celebrate the Gathering of International Leaders for
With U.S. on Path to Reclaiming Global Leadership on Climate, Utah Organizations Celebrate the Gathering of International Leaders for President Biden’s Climate Summit. Local Leaders…
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Reversal on Utah Regional Haze Plan
Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Reversal on Utah Regional Haze Plan Lawsuit seeks to reinstate heightened requirements for pollution controls on twin coal-fired plants. Groups…
STATEMENT: Unchecked Injustice, Lies, Denial, Racism and Corruption in the Trump Presidency
We, like you, watched yesterday’s events in horror. This lawlessness and violence was a direct result of President Trump stoking division for four years, playing…