When $300,000 Takes On $145 Billion
By Michael Shea, HEAL Utah Policy Associate I know sometimes it feels like being an environmentalist in Utah is like fighting the tide. But, I…
Tag: 2016 Legislative Session
News: Radioactive: March 11, 2016
Emily Means KRCL 90.9 March 11, 2016 Radioactive discusses the legislative wrap-up and the Red Rock Hot Club. … For the full article, click here.
News: Gov. Herbert facing scrutiny over campaign contributions and a deal to help Utah’s coal industry
Fox 13 News March 11, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s governor and a number of lawmakers are facing scrutiny in Utah and California because…
News: Utah lawmakers switch votes, pass Rocky Mountain Power clean energy bill
Robert Walton Utility Dive March 14, 2016 Dive Brief: Lawmakers in the Utah House have signed off on the Sustainable Transportation and Energy Plan Act,…
News: Session ends in mixed bag for environment, energy issues
Amy Joi O’Donoghue The Deseret News March 10, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY — Perhaps the most controversial environmental issue of the 2016 Legislature was the…
News: Lawmakers Approve $53 Million for California Port
Judy Fahys KUER 90.1 March 10, 2016 Almost half of the revenue generated from mineral mining on federal lands comes back to Utah. It’s typically…
News: Utah Legislature OKs $53 million cash swap to fund Oakland coal port
Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune March 10, 2016 Legislators approved a fund-swapping scheme Thursday to commit $53 million to help build a deep-water port…
News: 13 Utah lawmakers change votes, pass Rocky Mountain Power plan
Emma Penrod The Salt Lake Tribune March 10, 2016 Advocates’ hopes for an unexpected air quality victory were raised, then dashed Thursday night when the…
News: Contentious Rocky Mountain Power bill fails, but backers may try resuscitation
Emma Penrod The Salt Lake Tribune March 10, 2016 Rocky Mountain Power’s STEP legislation failed narrowly in the House Thursday afternoon, but environmentalists remain concerned…
PRESS RELEASE: HEAL Utah’s 2016 Legislative Recap
We sent out the below recap to our supporters this morning. As many of you will be writing, recording and producing stories on the session…