OUR MISSION
Envisioning a sustainable, healthy and happy human population living in harmony with the natural environment.
Utah and UPEC
Utah’s beautiful, pristine, and expansive natural environment has been greatly degraded in recent years, fueled by high population growth and rapid growth of its resource extraction-based economic sectors. Utah’s leaders are actively planning to accommodate a predicted doubling of the population in the next 20 to 30 years – especially along the urban Wasatch Front.
UPEC was founded in 1997 initially to provide a data-based foundation for considering population and environment concerns and issues. It is managed and directed by board members who meet regularly (please see Who We Are).
We believe it is our responsibility as citizens of the earth to be concerned about the environment, sustainability, and population. We place special value on the unique heritage and landscape of the state of Utah.
Hey friends, here's something a little bit different. Check out Utah Clean Energy's bill tracker to learn about how proposed legislation would affect Utah's air quality!
2021 Legislative Session | Utah Clean Energy
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The HER group, mentioned in the article in our last post, has launched a new program called Family Planning Elevated. FPE will provide equal access to family planning resources at 28 sites across Utah and is a great step towards achieving "contaceptive equity and access."
In this article, Martha Bailey addresses the unequal distribution of health insurance and contraceptives. She argues that "increasing access to contraception for low-income women will help to level the playing field at birth, empowering parents to give their children the best opportunities for success." ![]()
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Good news! On Thursday, President Biden rescinded the "Global Gag rule" prohibiting U.S. government funding to any overseas organization that even discussed abortion, let alone provided it. Ever since Reagan, every Republican president has stipulated the rule, and every Democratic president has rescinded it... but Trump made things dramatically worse -- and hurt women's health around the world -- by banning aid to a much wider variety of health organizations. This is a huge win for women's health and reproductive rights so please help spread the word! ![]()
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Biden Begins Revoking Restrictions on Abortions Abroad
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Even after Biden's executive actions, it will take time to undo Trump'...
In this article, Michele Goodwin details Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s important arguments about the connection between civil rights and reproductive healthcare. She writes that “despite the many ‘mountainous obstacles’ facing the Black community, King insisted that a key element of stabilizing Black life, ‘would be an understanding of and easy access to the means to develop a family related in size to his community environment and to the income potential he can command.’” ![]()
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The Forgotten Reproductive Justice Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King - Ms. Magazine
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Martin Luther King described family planning as “a special and urgen...Upcoming Events
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