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Utah Valley’s Independent
Citizen Environmental Organization
responsible stewardship for
healthy families and a healthy environment
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Climate Change: Fact or Fiction?
An Interview with a Christian Climate Scientist
Provo/Orem Area (Utah Valley) Air Quality
Ranked Dirtiest in America
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We won’t have lasting clean air and a healthy planet without switching from polluting coal and oil to clean, safe renewable energy to power our vehicles, homes and businesses. Our state government has the power to really clean the air. The quickest and best way to clean our air is to elect a “clean air/clean energy” legislature and executive. Until that happens, insufficient progress will be made.
The UVEF Clean Air Billboard Messaging Campaign Continues in SL and UT Counties
At times, the U.S. EPA reports Utah Valley’s air is the worst in the entire nation! Having very bad air pollution damages us and our families, shortens our lives, makes us sick, costs us money, hurts business, damages our reputation and our economy. It blocks our view of the beautiful nature that surrounds us. We must stop polluting the air! How? Most importantly (1) we need to elect only leaders who “get it” and will take the necessary actions to make it happen, with no excuses. And (2) we must switch from dirty fossil fuel energy to clean energy such as the sun and wind, and make sure our wastes get fully recycled. Click to see our suggested solutions.
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Who Needs Science Anymore?
UVEF Guide to
Responsible Stewardship
When it comes to being truly responsible stewards of Creation—the air, water
and land, the environment, the planet—virtually no one in our culture behaves completely as we should. Directly or indirectly, we all pollute, generate waste and harm natural resources. But we should and must become much better, more responsible stewards if we are to diminish both the damage we are doing to Creation and, in the process, the harm we inflict on others, ourselves and the planet.
The UVEF has prepared a downloadable, simplified, straightforward guide for responsible personal stewardship of Creation, the environment, the planet.
Available at stewardship.uvef.org
Our recent public forum focused on the proposed private-developer “restoration” of Utah Lake linked to the subsequent construction of nearly 20,000 acres of privately-owned island communities for up to a half million people (2.5 times the current size of Salt Lake City) to be built in the middle and around Utah Lake. The proposal includes killing all life in the lake and most of the non-native plant life along its shoreline before “reintroducing” native species. The proposal includes building multiple causeways across the lake opening up the west side of the Lake to rapid development. To view the developer’s lengthy brochure-like proposal click here. To view some of the objections to the proposal click these two links, here and here.
A UVEF team of experts is analyzing the proposal. We are looking at alternatives and are working to ensure the Lake is treated in a manner that will respect, protect and improve its well being as a valuable public trust. Please email us with your Lake-related questions or comments at UtahLake@UVEF.org.
Private Island Cities in Utah Lake?
Utah County gets an F again for ozone. Salt Lake/Utah County rated 8th worst metro area in the nation for short term particle air pollution.
Source: the American Lung Association’s 2018 ranking.
RECENT
UVEF Hosted First Ever in Utah Valley
Environmental Meet the Candidates Event
The Utah Valley Earth Forum had quite a productive "Environmental Meet the Candidates" event at the Provo Library Wednesday night. Five congressional candidates participated including (R to L in top photo) James Singer, Jenny Wilson, Craig Duerden, Tim Zeidner and Adam Davis. Copies of 6 candidates written responses to our 10 environmental questions sent to us in advance are downloadable via Answers.UVEF.org.
The EMPTY CHAIR (lower right image) represents the invited candidates who did NOT participate, including Gov. Romney, Reps. Curtis and Love (she did submit written answers), Mayor McAdams and several other candidates.
photography © 2018 James Westwater • All rights reserved.
March 27 UVEF Forum
Want to help the environment, air quality, our water, our land, Utah Lake, the planet? Here's your opportunity to meet Utah's top environmental stewardship organizations, to hear what they do and how YOU can help make things better and healthier for of all of us... and for future generations!! You'll meet reps from these organizations, listed in no particular order: The Nature Conservancy, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, Utah Rivers Council, LDS Earth Stewardship, Sierra Club, HEAL Utah, Utah Clean Energy, Utah Valley Earth Forum, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), and Climate Utah.
Come... learn... help!! Check our Facebook event.
WHAT Meet Your Environmental Stewardship Organizations
WHERE Orem Public Library, Storytelling Wing
WHEN Wednesday, March 27 at 7pm