Air Quality

A Discussion on Environmental Solutions on Access Utah Tuesday

Tom Williams — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:20:33 +0000

You spoke and UPR listened. Tuesday on Access Utah Jennifer Pemberton will be here to present some of your questions and comments on how air pollution has affected your health. If you haven’t told us your story, phone lines will be open for you. You can also share your story with us at our online form. In the second half: after a particularly bad winter, we’ll ask: what’s next in our search for solutions?

Community Engagement Project Update: Keep Those Bad Air Stories Coming

Jennifer Pemberton — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:38:56 +0000

Utah Public Radio has partnered with the Public Insight Network to report on public health effects of air pollution in Cache Valley. Listeners and other members of the community here have been telling us their experiences with air pollution through an online form. Jennifer Pemberton has been listening to these stories and has this update on public concerns:

Tell Us Your "Bad Air" Stories

Jennifer Pemberton — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:39:32 +0000

If you haven’t filled out our form about air pollution yet, you now have the chance to come tell us about it in person at our Bad Air Story Booth.

This Saturday, April 20, from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. members of the Utah Public Radio staff will be collecting your air quality stories at Logan’s Earth Day Downtown Street Festival.

You are UPR. We are the Listeners.

UPR — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:28:15 +0000

We're standing by for your report on air quality in Cache Valley. As a partner of the Public Insight Network, Utah Public Radio is turning to you, our listeners, to report on issues that matter to you. See what we're thinking about at our Source page and chime in on any issue any time you have something to say.

Hope and Inspiration for Better Air Quality on Access Utah Tuesday

Tom Williams — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:18:18 +0000

Many Utahns are getting frustrated with what they see as slow and ineffective progress toward solving our air pollution problem.

A Clean Air Rally is planned for Tuesday afternoon in Logan ahead of an expected decision on emissions testing from the Cache County Council.

Government's Role in Air Quality Regulation on Access Utah Wednesday

Tom Williams — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:33:55 +0000

On previous episodes of Access Utah, we’ve tapped into grassroots frustration directed at government for perceived lack of effective action on Air Pollution. Many of you are asking: why isn’t more being done? Wednesday on the program we’ll give you the chance to express your concerns directly to legislators and government officials. We’ll ask our guests and you: what should government do to improve Air Quality?

Air Quality -- A Grassroots Look on Monday's Access Utah

Tom Williams — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:37:37 +0000

Air quality is today's topic on the program. We'll be taking a grassroots angle on the anger and protest regarding this issue. Utah has been known for having the worst air in the nation, and many Utahns are taking matters into their own hands.

Ralph Becker: Utah Not Doing Enough for Air Quality Problem

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:16:32 +0000

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker wants the state to do more to address air quality. Currently, the Wasatch Front has some of the worst air in the country, but Becker says state law is preventing more from being done.

Air Quality in Utah – What Can Be Done?

Tom Williams — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:24:25 +0000

New Air Quality Rules Just in Time for Inversion Season

Charlotte Duren — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:13:52 +0000

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is implementing new rules for all solid fuel and coal burning devices as a way to predict red and yellow air-quality conditions sooner during the winter inversion season. Air Quality Division Director Bryce Bird says the state will now rate its air quality based on the national air quality index.