HEAL Utah Podcast

Seelig talks to Matt about her career in public service, how a Democrat can be effective in the conservative Utah Legislature and shares the story behind the successful push for a House resolution backing a key nuclear testing treaty. Jen also talks about her new job with Mayor Jackie Biskupski.

If you’re a podcast listener, here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. If you use an Android app or another non iTunes method, paste this link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.

Episode #29: Dirty Air and Purple Air

Matt and Caroline chat about how the Minnesota native became a professional skier and what she and other outdoor athletes are doing to fight for clean energy and clean air. For more information, check out Caroline on Instagram and take a look at Protect Our Winters, the activist athlete network she and others belong so.

If you’re a podcast listener, here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. If you use an Android app or another non iTunes method, paste this link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.

Self-proclaimed river rat and climate activist Lauren Wood chats with Matt about the roots of her activism and the interactions between grassroots and green groups. They talk about direct action and the necessity for building broader movements to confront the climate change crisis. For more information, especially about an upcoming BLM lease protest, check out the Canyon Country Rising Tide website.

If you’re a podcast listener, here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. If you use an Android app or another non iTunes method, paste this link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.

Ashley joins Matt to talk about the big clean air and clean energy issues HEAL will be focusing on during the 2016 State Legislature session that started on Jan. 25. They talk about pollution from buildings, bills to boost rooftop solar, and Rocky Mountain Power’s big legislative package. Click here to sign up for legislative updates from Ashley and here to join a new HEAL Citizen Activist Program. To follow along with important bills HEAL is focusing on, check out our bill tracker.

If you’re a podcast listener, here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. If you use an Android app or another non iTunes method, paste this link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.

Matt and Cory chat about a critically important decision the EPA will soon make about whether to order additional controls on Utah’s coal power plants to control air pollution that threatens our scenic vistas and our families’ health. Click here for information about NPCA, our action alert on the Regional Haze issue and more details on an important Jan. 26 hearing in Salt Lake City.

If you’re a podcast listener, here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. If you use an Android app or another non iTunes method, paste this link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.

Matt chats with the state’s chief environmental spokesperson about the challenges of communicating information about air quality in Utah, the wood burning controversy, and much more. Click here for the DEQ’s home page.

Myron, a HEAL Board member and Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer at the University of Utah Office of Sustainability, describes the varied efforts the University of Utah is making to help clean the air and reduce its greenhouse gas contributions. He and Matt chat about green construction, building retrofits, water use — and more! Click here to read more about all the great work happening at the U.

An interview with the fiery and passionate Janalee, a self-described right-wing conservative who talks about the fights she had led to preserve open space along the Jordan River. She has also fought to save the Canyon Inn. Click here and here for more info.

If you’re a podcast listener, here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. If you use an Android app or another non iTunes method, paste this link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.