Mayors discuss bipartisanship at climate townhall

(Sara Tabin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heber Mayor Kelleen Potter, Park City Mayor Andy Beerman and Midway Mayor Celeste Johnson listen to questions at a panel on climate change on July 31, 2019 in Park City. Park City • Climate change is often framed as a partisan issue, but it doesn’t have to be that way. That was the message agreed upon by a group of Summit and Wasatch County leaders, local academics and students who discussed climate change at a panel at the Park City Library on Wednesday.

“Climate change is way too important of an issue to be debated for the next 20 years,” said Mia Vinding, a high school student and environmental advocate from Park City who spoke on the panel. “We don’t…