Brian Moench

Dec 22, 2024 | deseret.com | Brian Moench

On Dec. 4, 2024, 2.5 million Utah residents were smothered by a classic winter inversion, leading to the worst air quality in the country and 16th worst in the world. Utahns die from inversions, as they do almost every day from air pollution.

Oct 24, 2024 | sltrib.com | Brian Moench

Reflecting growing worldwide alarm in the scientific community, a pollution researcher at the U.K.'s Liverpool John Moores University, Patrick Byrne, said PFAS are "probably the greatest chemical threat the human race is facing in the 21st century."Earlier this year, the CDC made an unprecedented recommendation that physicians consider testing their patients' blood for PFAS or "forever" chemicals. In 2022, EPA made stunningly strict drinking water guidelines for forever chemicals.

Aug 21, 2024 | standard.net | Brian Moench

In the waning hours of the 2018 legislative session, in a move intended to handcuff almost certain widespread public opposition, powerful legislators slid some really noxious corporate pork legislation under Gov. Herbert's door, and he signed it. It addressed a problem that didn't exist, and is creating new ones we never had. Everyone that is not the CEO of well-connected real estate developing corporations or a warehouse construction boss will come to rue the day.

Jun 3, 2024 | newspub.live | Brian Moench

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Service members from the State Headquarters Medical Readiness Detachment (MRD), Utah Army National Guard (UTARNG) and Moroccan Royal Armed Forces provide ophthalmological care to civilians at a field hospital during African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Akka, Morocco, May 25, 2024.

Mar 7, 2024 | utahnewsdispatch.com | Brian Moench

Utah’s future quality of life is being decided right now by just a handful of people behind closed doors, and it’s not who you think. They are the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) and they have been empowered by the legislature to launch a complete “makeover” of life along the Wasatch Front.