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On the morning of Jan. 8, people on the Salt Lake City's west side woke up to a sickly smell wafting through their homes. Residents of nearby neighborhoods were alarmed, and some began feeling health effects. It took 48 hours for local authorities to respond to their concerns.
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Imagine this: The oil and gas industry in Utah supports overhauling air-quality permits for their wells – and so do environmental groups. It’s what’s…
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A proposed air quality permit for a new medical waste incinerator in Tooele County is open for public comment. The move allows an old plant to be removed…
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One of Utah’s major sources of industrial air pollution, Tesoro Refinery, is on track to get a federal Clean Air Act permit after operating for more than…
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Salt Lake and Davis Counties logged their first Red Air Days of the summer season Wednesday.The Utah Division of Air Quality reported ozone levels as…
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An environmental group is opposing the renewal of an air quality permit for Stericycle’s medical waste incinerator in North Salt Lake City. The public…
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A new company has a proposal to turn Sandy city's household trash into electric energy. If approved, it would be the first facility of its kind in Utah.…
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National and local wood burning advocates are pushing back on the Utah Division of Air Quality’s proposed ban on any solid fuel burning between November…
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In his State of the State address to the legislature last January, Governor Gary Herbert suggested a season-long ban on wood burning as a way to improve…
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The Utah Air Quality Board has approved a 2.3 million dollar settlement between the medical waste company Stericycle and state environmental regulators.To…
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The company that operates a medical waste incinerator in North Salt Lake City has agreed to pay a record 2.3 million dollar fine. If approved by Utah’s…
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A member of the Utah legislature is trying again to change the law that keeps the state of Utah from imposing stricter environmental rules than the…