Transportation emissions account for nearly half of the pollutants that contribute to Utah's poor air quality.
That's why leaders from the Salt Lake Chamber, Utah Clean Air Partnership , the Utah Transit Authority and others are coming together to urge people to cut down on vehicle emissions."This year we felt like it was really important to hold the challenge in July when we start to experience some of our worst summertime air quality issues here in Utah summertime ozone is just as harmful as inversion," said Kim Frost, Executive Director of UCAIR.
"Some of our colleagues at the University of Utah has have described it as a sunburn on your lungs," said Frost. "We're doing emissions all year long, even if you don't see it like you do in the winter, so it's important that we think about it all year long as well," said Derek Miller, President/CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber.
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