Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor

S.B. 70, the bill that would allow Envirocare to double its capacity for receiving toxic waste, has apparently been halted – at least for this year. Envirocare officials claim that there are too many hurdles to jump and have withdrawn their submittal to the legistlature to expand. However……..our representatives are STILL scheduled to vote on this today or Monday (you know, it’s good for our economy…..jobs…..all that stuff.).

This is obviously a p.r. tactic to make Envirocare look “good” and allow legislators who are in favor of this dangerous bill to go ahead with it anyway. If legislators vote to in favor of this bill, Envirocare will get its way, without ruining its “reputation”.

HEAL Utah is calling for continued vigilance and action to make sure this issue stays alive and Envirocare doesn’t get its way. Learn how you can help HERE.

Jen’s Green Journal has an account of the Citizens Lobbying 101 Training, organized by HEAL Utah, held last night at the Utah Capitol Complex.

HEAL Utah has this update and request on Utah S.B. 70:

The State Senate is likely to vote on SB 70 today (Thursday) or perhaps Friday. I want to thank everyone who has sent in a comment to the legislators we’ve been emailing out. Your comments keep this process we call democracy working. If you haven’t yet done so, I’ve listed the legislative leadership in the senate below. You should send a comment in the next few hours (even if you’ve already sent a comment, forward it to numbers 4 and 5, who we haven’t included yet).

1) Senate President John Valentine, (801) 224-1693, jvalentine@utahsenate.org
2) Senate Majority Leader Peter Knudson, (435) 723-2035, pknudson@utahsenate.org
3) Senate Majority Whip Dan Eastman, (801) 295-5133, deastman@utahsenate.org
4) Senate Minority Leader Mike Dmitrich, (435) 637-0426, mdmitrich@utahsenate.org
5) Senate Minority Whip Gene Davis, (801) 484-9428, gdavis@utahsenate.org
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