Environmental groups file FTC complaint against Utah pro-nuclear campaign
By Utah News Staff · August 17, 2026 · 1 min read
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Environmental groups have filed a complaint with the FTC against a pro-nuclear energy campaign in Utah. Mary Dickson, a Salt Lake City resident and thyroid cancer survivor, expressed strong opposition to the campaign's billboards.
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Environmental groups filed an FTC complaint against Utah's pro-nuclear energy campaign.
Salt Lake City resident Mary Dickson expressed opposition to the campaign's billboards.
Dickson is a thyroid cancer survivor and downwinder.
Environmental groups have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against a pro-nuclear energy campaign in Utah.
Mary Dickson, a Salt Lake City resident and thyroid cancer survivor, stated she felt an intense emotional reaction upon seeing the state's pro-nuclear billboards while traveling to Idaho earlier this year.
Dickson, who identified as a downwinder, said that seeing the billboards made her want to scream.
The complaint targets the pro-nuclear energy campaign currently active in Utah.
