Air Quality
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DEQ’s Night Before Christmas
Executive Director Alan Matheson reads an environmental take on the classic poem.
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Ways to Winterize Your Home, Clean the Air and Cut Emissions
Winterizing your home is one of the easiest ways to cut down on personal emissions. It also saves you money on energy costs. Here are a few steps to take before the weather gets any worse.
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ULend Helps Improve Utah Air Through Applied Technology
By Jared Mendenhall The Uinta Basin drew little interest from European settlers when they reached the Great Basin. In fact, the Deseret News reported that the basin was a “vast contiguity of waste…valueless excepting for nomadic purposes, hunting grounds for Indians and to hold the world together.” This all changed in 1948 when oil was …
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Keeping Tabs on HABs
Summertime means movie sequels. Star Wars, The Avengers and Jurassic Park return to theaters this year. Also making a comeback are harmful algal blooms.
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DEQ Values in Action: Keeping Clean Drinking Water Flowing
It’s easy to take drinking water for granted. At least in Utah. For the most part, you turn on the tap and clean water flows.
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Recapping the 2017-18 Inversion Season
At the end of March, spring took its turn at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Along with the warmer weather, budding trees and blooming flowers, DEQ’s Division of Air Quality declared an end to the 2017-18 inversion season and stopped issuing its Action Forecasts for PM2.5 pollution. Rest assured, the Action Forecasts will return in Nov., along with colder weather.
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