Bad winter air has been a part of life in the northern Utah valleys for a long time. For instance, in the winter of 1876-77, 23 days of dense fog were recorded. The significance of that, of course, is that not a single automobile was responsible for the bad air.
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coal NewsNarrow your search by visiting an issue-specific news page, listed in the navigation at left. 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. Committee backs bill to overturn ban on outdoor wood furnaces
Mar 07, 2013
Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — A committee of Utah lawmakers struck back at a fledgling rule to improve air quality, asserting the ban on outdoor wood furnaces is unfair and would not significantly address the problem of air pollution. Bad air hurts Utah
Feb 19, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune
As a business person and property owner with operations and holdings in the Salt Lake region, I am concerned with the trend away from air-quality controls. I have worked with dozens of Utah’s most recognizable businesses that believe the collective negative impact of largely unregulated airborne emissions on our air quality, viewsheds, watersheds and snowpack threatens broad aspects of Utah’s economy and its property values. Docs: Wait - or get out of Utah’s bad air - to conceive
Feb 19, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune
Health » A group of doctors points to studies showing that exposure to PM2.5, as in Utah during inversions, may lower birth weight.
If you’re thinking about becoming pregnant, some advice on timing from a group of Utah doctors: Wait until the inversion season is over. A growing body of research is linking air pollution to negative birth outcomes, most often prematurity, low birth weight and restricted growth in the womb. |
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