Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Featured Speaker: Brian Moench, M.D., Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE)
Dr. Moench is a former faculty member of the University of Utah Honors Program, teaching public health and the environment. He was the former chairman, Dept. of Anesthesia, Holy Cross Hospital and has been in private practice anesthesia at Holy Cross Hospital, LDS Hospital, and Intermountain Medical Center since 1981. Over the last 15 years he has given hundreds of community and academic lectures and PowerPoint presentations, written over 135 op-eds for newspapers throughout the country, and has helped communities in Utah, Texas, Pennsylvania, California, Alaska, Nevada and British Columbia organize opposition to polluting industries. He has been an expert witness and written court briefs for pollution lawsuits, has met with top EPA officials, and was nominated by the Obama Administration at a Washington, DC conference as one of 50 finalists to receive the award βChampion of Changeβ for his work on global warming.
Today, Dr. Moench will speak about the frightening health consequences of the air pollution in the Salt Lake area, in a presentation titled: "The Four Horsemen of the Airpocalypse: Ozone, Wildfire Smoke, Winter Inversions, and Great Salt Lake Dust."
Recorded on August 6, 2023, as part of the annual Summer Forum series at the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City. Special thanks to moderator Liz Weight for hosting this installment of Summer Forum.
00:00 Opening Sequence
00:26 Introduction & Chalice Lighting - Liz Weight
01:43 Presentation - Brian Moench, M.D.
51:30 Q & A with Brian Moench, M.D.
1:17:40 Wrap-up - Liz Weight
1:18:00 End Credits
π First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City
β Website: slcuu.org
β Facebook: facebook.com/firstuuslc
β Instagram: instagram.com/firstuuslc
β YouTube: youtube.com/FirstUUSLC
π Summer Forum and the other programs at First Unitarian Church are supported entirely by the financial contributions of members and friends.
β Donate: slcuu.org/give
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Featured Speaker: Brian Moench, M.D., Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE)
Dr. Moench is a former faculty member of the University of Utah Honors Program, teaching public health and the environment. He was the former chairman, Dept. of Anesthesia, Holy Cross Hospital and has been in private practice anesthesia at Holy Cross Hospital, LDS Hospital, and Intermountain Medical Center since 1981. Over the last 15 years he has given hundreds of community and academic lectures and PowerPoint presentations, written over 135 op-eds for newspapers throughout the country, and has helped communities in Utah, Texas, Pennsylvania, California, Alaska, Nevada and British Columbia organize opposition to polluting industries. He has been an expert witness and written court briefs for pollution lawsuits, has met with top EPA officials, and was nominated by the Obama Administration at a Washington, DC conference as one of 50 finalists to receive the award βChampion of Changeβ for his work on global warming.
Today, Dr. Moench will speak about the frightening health consequences of the air pollution in the Salt Lake area, in a presentation titled: "The Four Horsemen of the Airpocalypse: Ozone, Wildfire Smoke, Winter Inversions, and Great Salt Lake Dust."
Recorded on August 6, 2023, as part of the annual Summer Forum series at the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City. Special thanks to moderator Liz Weight for hosting this installment of Summer Forum.
00:00 Opening Sequence
00:26 Introduction & Chalice Lighting - Liz Weight
01:43 Presentation - Brian Moench, M.D.
51:30 Q & A with Brian Moench, M.D.
1:17:40 Wrap-up - Liz Weight
1:18:00 End Credits
π First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City
β Website: slcuu.org
β Facebook: facebook.com/firstuuslc
β Instagram: instagram.com/firstuuslc
β YouTube: youtube.com/FirstUUSLC
π Summer Forum and the other programs at First Unitarian Church are supported entirely by the financial contributions of members and friends.
β Donate: slcuu.org/give
π¬ Related video topics from First Unitarian Church
β youtube.com/playlist?list=PLouELW-J6FZYtna6Mor0EyGIWIA2yn1Fu
β youtube.com/playlist?list=PLouELW-J6FZbGl3i7Iy3xA2S15vD-nRmI
β youtube.com/playlist?list=PLouELW-J6FZbLbPDEzJ13X89DMFDQqX70
