For those of us who make our homes here, winter means filthy, dangerously unhealthy air.
So when Gov. Gary Herbert announced he was earmarking $100 million in his proposed budget to spur initiatives to clean up our filthy air, it was encouraging, but it hardly made any of us breathe any easier.
Utahns have heard those kinds of promises before. Yet state leaders have struggled to take even the most basic, legally required steps to ensure our air meets minimum safety standards outlined in the federal Clean Air Act.
That’s why the conservation group where I work, the Center for Biological Diversity, joined Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, the Westside Coalition and SLC Air Protectors last week to submit to the U.