Cough, cough, hack. Those are the sounds you hear no matter where you go in the Salt Lake Valley during January. People don’t believe me when I tell them we used to have air so dark and black that it was no different than a pea soup fog in London. If you walked outside in the morning in the early 1900’s dressed in a white shirt, you’d come home wearing a gray one. The air … [Read more...]
Inversion Intervention: Big Utah Polluters Need Big Legislation
Dr. Brian Moench of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment says, “We should think of the air we breathe along the Wasatch Front as if we are passengers on an airplane. The mountains block circulation and the pollution doesn’t escape and we are stuck in an inversion.” A few years ago, people were allowed to smoke on planes in a closed environment forcing everyone on the … [Read more...]
Worst Wasatch Front Polluters
For more information, please check out our article: https://www.utahstories.com/2014/01/air-pollution-in-utah/ https://www.utahstories.com/2013/12/notes-and-sources-for-worst-polluters-in-utah/ … [Read more...]