Air Pollution

On this episode, West-siders breathe the legacy of redlining, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall orders a crackdown on homeless camps, and Utah leaders react to the death of Latter-day Saint apostle M. Russell Ballard.

A study from Intermountain compared hospitalizations for heart attacks and unstable chest pain during wildfire season and winter inversions.

On this episode we discuss the politics of air pollution, a resort’s overtures to Native culture, and LDS-LGBTQ therapy gone awry.

Indoor air is three to four times more polluted than outdoor air, according to the American Lung Association.

Concerns over health impacts of toxic dust blowing off of Great Salt Lake’s exposed lake bed are growing as research continues to link air pollution to chronic disease and premature death.

In other news, 40 acres of new wetlands will help clean water headed to the Great Salt Lake.

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed emission rules could have major impacts on the auto industry. According to Consumer Reports, most Americans would consider an electric vehicle.

Utahns are also being urged to prepare now for possible floods as temperatures rise and winter snow melts.

House Bill 220 originally pushed a 50% emissions reduction in northern Utah by 2030. But the bill was not gaining traction in the Utah State Legislature, so supporters are instead using it to go after U.S. Magnesium.

On this episode we talk with representatives from Clean the Darn Air, which is proposing to gather signatures to put an initiative on the 2024 ballot, to better our air quality in Utah.