Heal Utah Podcast

The week of Veterans Day, we chat with Stacy: vet, environmentalist, outdoor athlete and educator. We chat about his journey and how the awe of nature can help heal. Click here and here to learn more about Stacy‘s inspiring work.

Christopher joins to take a close look at one of Rocky Mountain Power’s newest programs called “subscriber solar.” And, surprise!, we think that this program may in fact be a step in the right direction for our utility on clean energy. Click here to read more. 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.

HEAL alumnus Lindsay talks about the big fight playing out right now to defend rooftop solar, in the face of Rocky Mountain Power’s bid to tax it. Click here for more on this issue.

Matt chats with Cherise Udell, the founder of Utah Moms, about how this vitally important local group was founded, where she sees the clean air movement today and her exciting to attend this winter’s climate meeting in Paris.

Allison Jones from Wild Utah Project joins us.

Matt interviews Carl Ingwell, a University of Utah student whose impromptu Facebook action several years ago led him deep into clean air activism. They also chat about pollution issues in the Uintah Basin, where Carl is from. Enjoy! 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 flies solo and announces HEAL’s new report, which examines the many ways that our utility has actively sought to block clean energy progress. Listen for the details — or click here to read our new report, entitled “Brown Sky.” 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 goes solo on this week’s show. He expounds upon a terrific Sunday story in the Salt Lake Tribune about Escalante, exploring the critical question: Is it fair to blame rural Utah’s struggles on federal policies which ban or limit fossil fuel extraction? Click here for the Trib story. You have until Aug. 25 to take a stand for ‪#‎cleanenergy‬ before it’s too late. Let Rocky Mountain Power and officials know that you’d like more solar and wind power: Make your voice heard – click here to weigh in! 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 talks to Carl Fisher about the recently-announced Mountain Accord, a historic agreement to preserve the central Wasatch — and some compromises that have made some uncomfortable. Carl explains why he believes the accord is a welcome and historic step in the right direction. 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 Ingrid Griffee, Utah Moms for Clean Air’s executive director, about a recent legislative hearing at which several legislators made clean air headlines — for all the wrong reasons. And they talk severance tax: Do Utah’s oil and gas companies pay enough? 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 record the fifth episode of our podcast from his hotel room, on the eve of meeting with the Commissioners of the NRC to talk about revisions to federal nuke waste rules. Click here to comment on those rules. Matt also talks about how he thinks environmentalists need to get a lot better about being positive — and celebrating success. Click here for the Utah air quality graphs he mentions, plus a list of EPA accomplishments. 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.

In the fourth episode of our podcast, we share with you a recording of Matt’s defense of the Clean Power Plan recorded live at a hearing at the State Legislature last month. In addition, Matt chats about a few news items: fossil fuel subsidies (see hereand here) and Rocky Mountain Power’s new renewable energy program (more here.) 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.

In the third episode of our podcast, Matt interviews the executive director of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, Tim Wagner. They discuss the troubling recent revelation that miscarriage and infant death rates in the Uintah Basin have risen in recent years — and the possible connection to the region’s boom in oil and gas extraction. To read more about this issue, see the Salt Lake Tribune and  Newsweek. If you would like to subscribe to our podcast — and why wouldn’t you? — here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. And here’s the link to the RSS feed for you non-iTunes folks, who use an Android app or another way to listen. (Paste that link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.) Or just click the play button below and start listening!

In the second episode of our podcast, Matt describes important federal nuclear waste policy being developed which would have big impacts in Utah. He tells the sad story of how the NRC Commissioners overruled some decent policy proposals from their staff — and instead gave EnergySolutions exactly what they wanted. If this outrages you — and it should — consider joining Matt at an NRC hearing in downtown Salt Lake City on Wed. 6/10 at 6 pm. Full details here. If you would like to subscribe to our podcast — and why wouldn’t you? — here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. And here’s the link to the RSS feed for you non-iTunes folks, who use an Android app or another way to listen. (Paste that link —https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.) Or just click the play button below and start listening!

In the first-ever edition of the HEAL Utah Podcast, executive director Matt Pacenza talks about Obama’s proposed Clean Power Plan. He chats about how climate change is effecting Utah, the politics of reducing carbon emissions here — and what we can do about it! If you would like to subscribe to our podcast — and why wouldn’t you? — here’s the link to the iTunes feed for the HEAL Utah Podcast. And here’s the link to the RSS feed for you non-iTunes folks, who use an Android app or another way to listen. (Paste that link — https://www.healutah.org/feed/podcast — into whatever app you use.)