Dr. Moench calls on Port Board Members to Resign

Thanks to everyone that attended the zoom inland port board meeting yesterday and voiced their opposition. Over 30 concerned residents voiced their concern for this boondoggle. It is our conviction that sustained pressure from citizens will prevent lawmakers from being ultimately successful in force feeding us this huge new source of Wasatch Front pollution, planet “carbon bomb,” and health hazard, especially for 270,000 residents on the West side.

There were many great comments. Predictably, the only supporters were county officials from rural parts of the state. Over the next few weeks we will be posting some of the best opposition comments on the UPHE Face Book page.

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From the Salt Lake Tribune:

Resident after resident in the Salt Lake Valley continued to unspool a list of concerns ranging from climate change and air quality to impacts on the west side community nearest the main import and export hub planned for the capital city’s northwest side.

One speaker called the proposed development a “carbon bomb,” while another described it as a clear effort “to end civilization and to foster the extinction of humans.” And Dr. Brian Moench, president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, called on board members to resign their posts “as a gesture that you accept empirical evidence, science and reality.”

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/12/02/inland-port-meeting/

Learn more about why we are adamantly against the Utah Inland Port here.