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No haste on haze: Hill slow to air smog issues

Mar 15, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune

 The foul smog that greeted lawmakers at the session’s beginning had blown out of the Salt Lake Valley by the time they wrapped up their business.

Clearing the Air: The Road Ahead

Mar 14, 2013
Utah Public Radio

 Thursday, we’re wrapping up our series on Utah’s bad air. A lot has changed in Northern Utah in the last couple months. Our air is a lot cleaner, and there’s a sense that efforts to help keep it that way have gained some momentum. But will that result in meaningful improvements to our air quality?

Rolly: Why does Rep. Mike Noel hate my kids and grandkids?

Mar 14, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune

 I wrote recently about Rep. Mike Noel’s treatment of an environmental attorney when she appeared before the House Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee that he chairs.

Rolly: Noel bullies a witness and Ruzicka trumps all

Mar 11, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune

 There is an old saying that you can tell a lot about a person’s character by the way he treats someone who can’t fight back.

Egan: Utah is coddling big polluters

Mar 09, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune

 As Utah struggles to devise a federally acceptable air pollution reduction plan, or SIP, evidence suggests the state is coddling big polluters in many ways.