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Utah experts discuss solutions to air quality crisis

By Margaret Darby
March 31, 2021 12:00 AM
Utah pollution experts and local government representatives met virtually on Monday evening to discuss clean air and climate change solutions for Utah.
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State

HB101: Bill would require diesel emissions testing in Utah County

By Jenna Alton
January 28, 2018 12:00 AM
Inversion covers Salt Lake City. Upcoming bills in the Utah legislature aim to improve air quality in the state. (AP Photo, Steve Griffin)
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Healthy Living

Utah cities top charts for worst air quality

By Mckenna Park
February 28, 2017 12:00 AM
The bad air quality is visually evident while driving into the Salt Lake Valley. Many Utahns say the polluted air affects their health. (Maddi Driggs)
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Healthy Living

Inversion may cause health problems for Utah runners

By Brynn Dew
February 20, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU student, Abigail Crandall battles Inversion and runs outside. Outdoor runners may experience long-term health risks if they run through inversion. (Maddi Driggs)
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Healthy Living

Utah sees worst air quality since 2013

February 11, 2016 12:00 AM
People display their signs during a public hearing to let federal regulators know what they think about a proposal to require more pollution controls at two of the state's oldest coal-fired power plants. Hundreds of people supporting the coal industry who oppose the plan were in attendance. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Local

Eco-Response club helps lead charge for cleaner air

By Isaac Wright
January 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Utah's polluted air is visible as a dirty haze draped over the valley, a poisonous fog that seems to go on with no end in sight. The most drastic effects are invisible. Groups in Utah County are leading the charge to make cleaner air a priority.
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Local

Breathing this winter could get dirty

By Kelsie Matheson
December 07, 2015 12:00 AM
The Oquirrh Mountains are portrayed here as an inversion blankets the Salt Lake Valley. (Associated Press)
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State

Thousands unite on Utah Capitol calling for cleaner air

By Derek Jacobs
January 27, 2014 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Utahns donned filtration masks and crafted witty signs to protest for cleaner air at a rally that drew an estimated 4,000 people.
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Featured

Weekly 5: Five ways to survive the winter blues

By Chelsea Potter
January 07, 2014 12:00 AM
It's January, which means students now have to get through winter semester without Christmas activities and cheer to distract them from the cold, dreary weather. Utah has seen a fair amount of inversion that could be here for a while, blanketing the valley in a thick, gloomy fog.
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Local

Sickening fog settles over Salt Lake City area

January 23, 2013 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah doctors is declaring a health emergency over the Salt Lake City area's lingering air pollution problem.
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Local

Provo's polluted past

January 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Utah Valley's history of pollution leads Linda Clark to wonder, has Utah learned from the past or is it doomed to repeat it?
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