If you’ve lived in Utah, you’ve likely experienced winter inversion. The bowl our famous mountains create, combined with pollution and cold air, make a recipe for harsh polluted air that sticks around until a welcomed storm passes through. Winter inversions happen every year, but why does it happen and what can we do about it?
This final blog post of the year covers our December partners meeting. This year has been full of challenges for all of us, however, UCAIR
We had another informative partners meeting in November 2020. The first presenters were Kerry Kelly and Dr. Greg Madden with the University of Utah. They
Family and Sports Medicine physician, Dr. Liz Joy, MD, MPH, shares air quality health insights on our blog this month. She practices at Intermountain Healthcare where she is the Medical Director Community Health and Nutrition and also currently serves as Co-Chair of the Air Quality and Health Workgroup and UCAIR’s Board of Directors Chair.
At our October 2020 partners meeting we heard from two excellent presenters. First, we heard from Seth Lyman about wintertime ozone in the Uintah Basin.
The wildfires may be in California, but the smoke, and its health effects, are traveling across the country. The smoke pollution seen in Utah this summer originated from intense amounts of energy produced by blazes in California (and Oregon).
Idle Free Awareness Month got its start in 2006 as a campaign that was so successful that Governor Gary Herbert made it a yearly focus for the entire month of September. We are now in our 13th year.
At our September 2020 partners meeting we heard from two excellent presenters. First, we heard from James Campbell with Rocky Mountain Power. Then we got
After taking a break in July, the UCAIR partners meeting is back. This month we had four great presenters. First up was Ted Knowlton from
Going back to school is a hot topic this year, and it feels like everyone could use a moment to breathe. Especially our kids. When they do take a breath, we want to make sure that they are breathing healthy, clean air. As routines start to form for this new school year, here are three ways to #ShowUCAIR and keep the air around schools a little cleaner.
