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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 43m
Submit a public comment:
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 43m
FINAL REMINDER: Comments on the proposal to repeal the Roadless Rule are due TOMORROW, Oct. 6, by 9:59 p.m. MT. Tell the Forest Service: Keep Roadless Rule protections in place.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The permit may have been approved, but the fight to protect Parley’s Canyon is far from over. Dr. Brian Moench explains what’s at stake for our air, watershed and the future of the canyon. Watch his message ↓ #ParleysCanyon #ProtectOurAir
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Read his new piece in CounterPunch:
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No Physician Would "Prescribe" the Forest Service's Intentional Burns
Air pollution kills people, especially severe air pollution, even short-term. The EPA has a 24-hour safety limit for air pollution for this reason. Some
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No physician would “prescribe” this. UPHE President Dr. Brian Moench examines the public health consequences of prescribed burns after Forest Service burns near Helena, Montana sent PM2.5 readings soaring to 732 µg/m³, and later 789 µg/m³.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Parley’s Canyon update: Utah DAQ has approved an air-quality permit for Granite Construction’s proposed I-80 South Quarry. The permit covers a 6-acre quarry, but legal challenges remain. The fight isn’t over. Parley’s Canyon is worth protecting.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new fuel pipeline through Emigration Canyon? HF Sinclair is considering the canyon for Project Westline Connect, an expansion that would add capacity for ~1.4M gallons of fuel/day. A sensitive ecosystem and critical water source is the last place we should be adding this kind of risk.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Take action: Contact Utah leaders about a moratorium on new AI data centers. Our quick form sends a letter to your representatives:
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Ask Utah Officials To Set Standards on Data Centers – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
AI development is accelerating. So are the warnings. As AI infrastructure expands, Utah is seeing growing pressure for new data centers
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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EPA proposals to speed up data center projects 'anti-democratic,' according to Utah environmental group
Proposals by the EPA to reduce public input, and allow construction before air-quality permits are issued have some environmental groups in Utah concerned about a move they see as
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Good luck trying to stop a project that’s already been built.” UPHE’s Dr. Brian Moench spoke with KSL about two EPA proposals that could make it easier for data center projects to move forward while reducing opportunities for public input.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Details:
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Notice of Public Hearing – September 10, 2026 – Rural Utah Infrastructure Coalition
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 UTAH: Public hearing TODAY at 3 PM. RUIC is considering millions in Utah public funding connected to West Coast coal export infrastructure, including a proposed Oakland coal terminal. Utahns can comment in Provo, via Zoom or by email.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
👉 Add your name before tomorrow’s meeting: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Sept. 3 • 10 AM • Utah State Capitol
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Tell UIPA to Stop funding the Interstate Technology Park Data Center in Tooele County
We are writing to you as neighbors — people who live in Tooele Valley, and people across the Wasatch Front who share the same air, the same shrinking lake, and the same stake in what kind of future we...
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨 The UIPA Board meets TOMORROW. Tooele Valley residents are calling on UIPA to stop funding the Interstate Technology Park data center, already tied to over $100M in public financing, with $100M more on the table. 💧 Water 🔥 Air & energy 💰 Tax dollars 🏗️ Public accountability
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
⏰ Aug. 31 • 10 PM MT Tell the NRC: Don’t weaken radiation protections. ⬇️ www.regulations.gov/docket/NRC-2...
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨 PUBLIC COMMENTS DUE TONIGHT The NRC is considering changes to longstanding radiation safety standards as the Trump administration pushes to accelerate nuclear development. If nuclear power is so safe, why weaken existing public-health protections?
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Utahns deserve transparency and accountability when it comes to data center development. Take action and send a message to Utah officials: uphe.salsalabs.org/datacenterle... #DataCenters #AirPollution #PublicHealth
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The EPA wants to let states opt out of requirements for public notice and input on air pollution permits for AI data centers. That could leave communities in the dark about pollution and with less ability to fight back. Under no circumstances should this rule change be allowed to stand.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Spanish Fork is being asked to open the door to another massive data center. Too many questions remain about water use, energy use, air pollution & e-waste contaminated with PFAS. Tell the City Council: VOTE NO. 📧 council@spanishfork.gov 📅 Sept. 1 • 6 p.m.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🔗 ABC4: www.abc4.com/news/wasatch...
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‘Not interested in being a test site’: Residents oppose potential data center in Spanish Fork
SPANISH FORK, Utah (ABC4) — Community members gathered to protest an amendment that would allow proposed self-powered data center to be built in certain areas of the city. Volition is a Provo-based…
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Our neighborhoods aren’t interested in being a test site.” After hours of public comment, Spanish Fork City Council tabled a data center ordinance. As data center development accelerates across Utah, UPHE continues to call for transparency, public involvement & strong environmental safeguards.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Read more from Utah News Dispatch: utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/08/17/e...
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Environmental groups file FTC complaint against Utah’s pro-nuclear energy campaign • Utah News Dispatch
Downwinders allege Utah’s $1.8 million taxpayer-funded "nuclear education" campaign is misleading and downplays nuclear’s risks.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
UPHE, HEAL Utah & Downwinders filed an FTC complaint challenging Utah’s taxpayer-funded pro-nuclear ad campaign. Dr. Brian Moench called the ads “an insult to science, an insult to empirical evidence and an insult to logic.”
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📣 6 PM - Public comment 📣 7 PM - Public hearing 📍 Tooele County Admin Building 47 S. Main St. 💻 Zoom viewing available. Public comments must be made in person. us06web.zoom.us/j/87557557305 Show up & speak out.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨 TONIGHT in Tooele County The Planning Commission is considering SUB 2026-084, tied to the proposed data center development. Residents are asking the Commission to: ❌ TABLE THE PLAT ⏸️ SUPPORT A DATA CENTER MORATORIUM
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
❌ Reject the proposal ⏸️ Support a data center moratorium 📍 Tooele County Admin Bldg., 47 S. Main St. And I’d attach the developer map to both.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨 THIS is the scale of what’s being proposed in Tooele County. The developer’s plan includes a 1.85M sq. ft. data center. Major questions about its water, power & environmental impacts remain unanswered. Public hearing TOMORROW - 7 PM.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We’re joining other groups in calling for: ❌ REJECT this proposal ⏸️ MORATORIUM on new data center approvals until proper environmental assessments are completed 📅 Aug. 12, 7 PM 📍 Tooele County Admin Bldg., 47 S. Main St. Show up & speak out.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🚨 The data center battle is heating up in Tooele County. This Wed., the Planning Commission will consider a massive 1.85M sq. ft. data center - with major questions about water, power & environmental impacts still unanswered.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Clean air is a public health issue. Read more: earthjustice.org/press/2026/g...
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Groups Challenge EPA’s Hazardous Waste Combustors Rule
EPA’s standards for hazardous waste burning facilities are too weak to reduce toxic pollution, leaving nearby communities exposed to health risks
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
UPHE and our partners are challenging the EPA's hazardous waste combustors rule. The lawsuit argues the rule fails to adequately limit toxic air pollution from hazardous waste incinerators, boilers, and cement kilns, leaving nearby communities exposed to harmful pollutants.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We'll be watching today's meeting.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
1,100+ Utahns have spoken up. Ahead of today's UIPA Board meeting, a coalition letter signed by more than 1,100 Utahns was delivered calling for stronger protections for Great Salt Lake and policies preventing public financing from supporting data centers in the basin.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
More logging isn't the answer. Research shows it can make forests hotter, drier, and more vulnerable to severe wildfire. 📞 Call Sen. Curtis: 801-524-4380 and tell him to drop the bill.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🚨 Wildfire smoke is making northern Utah's air unhealthy again. Instead of tackling the climate crisis, Sen. John Curtis is pushing the misleading Fix Our Forests Act—a bill that expands logging while weakening environmental review.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
• Keeping data center financing out of the Great Salt Lake basin. • Requiring water-use and cooling disclosures before projects are approved. • Making wetland mitigation mandatory. • Aligning financing decisions with Gov. Cox's executive order on data centers and the lake. 🖊️ Add your name today:
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Letter to Utah Inland Port Authority Board of Directors: Data Center Development in the GSL Basin
Dear Members of the Utah Inland Port Authority Board, We write as Utahns who care about the future of the Great Salt Lake — its wetlands, its wildlife, its water, and the health of the millions of peo...
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🚨 FINAL DAY TO SIGN Tomorrow, the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) Board meets. Today is your last chance to urge the Board to protect Great Salt Lake by:
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🖊️ Add your name before Aug. 4: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #GreatSaltLake #UtahWater
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Letter to Utah Inland Port Authority Board of Directors: Data Center Development in the GSL Basin
Dear Members of the Utah Inland Port Authority Board, We write as Utahns who care about the future of the Great Salt Lake — its wetlands, its wildlife, its water, and the health of the millions of peo...
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
• Adopt a written policy excluding data center financing in the Great Salt Lake basin. • Require water-use and cooling disclosures before project approval. • Make wetland mitigation funding mandatory. • Align financing decisions with Gov. Cox's executive order on data centers and the lake.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🚨 Coalition Action Alert The public hearing is over, but the work continues. Before the Aug. 4 UIPA Board meeting, sign a letter urging UIPA to...
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
📖 Read the study: www.uphe.org/air-pollutio...
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New Research on Air Pollution and Health – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Even more concerning, many of the pollution levels linked to increased risk would have been considered "safe" under today's Air Quality Index because the AQI evaluates pollutants individually, not as the mixtures we actually breathe. Clean air protects babies before they're even born.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
👶 New research found that exposure to mixtures of air pollutants significantly increases the risk of preterm birth, especially during weeks 9–14 of pregnancy, when the placenta and major organs are developing.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
UPHE and coalition partners encourage Utahns to request that the permit be denied as written. 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹: wqcomments@utah.gov Subject: Permit UT0026409 Learn more: www.uphe.org/2026/06/16/h... #GreatSaltLake #UtahWater
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Help STOP another data center proposal – Tooele – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🚨 The hearing is over, but written comments are still being accepted tonight. 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹: wqcomments@utah.gov Subject: Permit UT0026409 Tonight, 47 people spoke on Permit UT0026409. Of the testimony heard, only 2 speakers expressed support for the permit.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Learn more: www.uphe.org/2026/06/16/h... #GreatSaltLake #UtahWater #PublicHealth
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Help STOP another data center proposal – Tooele – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
UPHE and coalition partners are encouraging Utahns to request that the permit be denied as written. 🗓 Today 🕕 Hearing begins at 6:00 PM (5:45 PM informational session) 🗣️ Written comments are also due by the close of business today.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🚨 Today is the public hearing on Permit UT0026409. The proposed permit would allow 252,000 gallons/day of concentrated brine to be discharged into wetlands connected to Great Salt Lake as part of a proposed Tooele County development.
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Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment @utahphysicians.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
UPHE and coalition partners are encouraging Utahns to request that the permit be denied as written. Learn more: www.uphe.org/2026/06/16/h... #GreatSaltLake #UtahWater #PublicHealth
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Help STOP another data center proposal – Tooele – Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment
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