SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s bad air problem landed in the lap of Gov. Gary Herbert and wafted into his offices Wednesday, where a boisterous rally demanding change later had advocates conducting a “sit-in” to garner attention.
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coal NewsNarrow your search by visiting an issue-specific news page, listed in the navigation at left. Stewart ignores dirty air
Feb 12, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune
I was one of 200 protesters standing in the smog outside of the governor’s Energy Development Summit, asking Gov. Gary Herbert to promote clean energy, clean air, greenhouse-gas reduction and to protect Utah’s public lands, instead of catering to the fossil fuel industry. Democrats’ bills aim to fight Utah’s air pollution
Feb 12, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune
Environment » Public demands do-able pollution solutions, lawmakers say. Democrats Monday unveiled a package of six bills to tackle air pollution. From providing transit passes during high-pollution months to making state government a model of smog-cutting strategies, the package aims at cleaning up the air in northern Utah. Power plants responsible for 75 percent of greenhouse gas in Utah
Feb 12, 2013
KSL
WASHINGTON — The nation's power plants continue to be the single largest stationary source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to new information released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The inventory by the federal agency tracks emissions data by sector, greenhouse gas and specific geographic regions such as counties or states.
McEntee: Utah Dem does a little GOP mock talk on air scare
Feb 05, 2013
Salt Lake Tribune
When a constituent demanded "collective" action to scrub our filthy air, Rep. Brian King decided to pen a mock response — not as the Salt Lake City Democrat he is but as the prototypical conservative legislator he spends so much time battling on Capitol Hill. |
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