Why is the air so bad during winter, and what can we do about it?
Why is the air so bad during winter, and what can we do about it? Utah inversion season Inversion season is back. As you prepare…
Tag: PM2.5
ISSUE: Clean Air Act
Since 2016, there have been almost 100 attacks on environmental regulations that were put in place to protect our public health and environment. A handful…
NEWS: Utah’s PM 2.5 Pollution Down, But Environmentalists Warn Against Celebrating Too Soon
September 30, 2019KUERBy Nicole Nixon Levels of the fine particulates found in northern Utah’s winter inversions have decreased over three years, putting the area in…
NEWS: Commentary: There is no question that air pollution is bad for your health
Jessica Reimer Salt Lake Tribune 9/18/2017 In our world where ‘alternative facts’ hold water and scientific evidence is pushed to the side, it is paramount…
NEWS: Former EPA leader defends actions on Utah haze, ozone
EMMA PENROD The Salt Lake Tribune May 19 2017 07:00AM A plan to require new pollution controls at coal-fired power plants in Utah was among…
NEWS: EPA reclassification for pollution puts Salt Lake, Provo in ‘serious’ category
Deseret News By Amy Joi O’Donoghue Published May 1, 2017 SALT LAKE CITY — The inability of the Provo and Salt Lake City regions to…
NEWS: Study: Utahns are still burning wood during inversions
By Emma Penrod Salt Lake Tribune Published April 24, 2017 New data from Utah’s Division of Air Quality suggest Utahns are ignoring the state’s…
NEWS: Inversions prompt EPA to bump Utah pollution status to ‘serious’
Amy Joi O’Donoghue Deseret News Published: Dec. 16, 2016 SALT LAKE CITY — Pollution challenged cities along the Wasatch Front, the Cache Valley and the Fairbanks, Alaska,…