http://www.utahmomsforcleanair.org Clean Air for our children Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:03:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This has been a week of red air quality alerts. We can expect this to continue until storms arrive -- possibly Saturday. [Photo from Salt Lake Tribune, July 11, 2008.] CHECK air quality for your city. Read more: "Temperatures will slump a bit, but the bad air is going to hang around," by ... http://www.utahmomsforcleanair.org/2008/07/11/bad-air-will-hang-around/ The state of Utah will soon shift 16-17,000 employees to 4-day work weeks. In addition to reducing the emissions from power used to heat and cool buildings, this means reducing emissions from commuters. Our big question is: will Friday closures mean better air quality? Read more: "Utah becomes ... http://www.utahmomsforcleanair.org/2008/06/27/utah-makes-big-changes-to-reduce-commuting/ The Salt Lake Tribune leads the editorial page today with "Ozone season: Our only defense is driving less in summer." We write a lot about ozone. Local papers have been writing a lot about ozone. State government has been addressing the problem of ozone. I suspect ... http://www.utahmomsforcleanair.org/2008/06/23/ozone-season-driving-less-in-summer/ Check out this You-tube video, "the girl who silenced the world for five minutes" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmz6Rbpnu0). Poetic. Poignant. Profound. http://www.utahmomsforcleanair.org/2008/06/20/the-girl-who-silenced-the-world-for-five-minutes/ It's great to see Wasatch Front air pollution as the lead story on the front page of the Salt Lake Tribune. I would prefer dirty air weren't a problem at all so we could concentrate on other issues, but the fact is we need to address air quality as ... http://www.utahmomsforcleanair.org/2008/06/20/ozone-front-and-center/