Here is a news release from UT Governor Herbert concerning reduction of annual emissions I support his efforts so I thought I would share it here:
In 2017 the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and Gov. Gary Herbert announced a lofty goal to reduce annual emissions into Utah’s air by 25 percent by 2026 – an ambitious benchmark by any standard of measure and one made more difficult by Utah’s rapidly growing population.
How exactly do we reach a 25 percent reduction? The Governor’s FY 2020 budget recommends $100 million to make that goal a reality. The Governor’s air quality plan calls on Utah residents, businesses and industry to each do their part.
Yes, there have been meaningful steps in recent years. The Legislature has provided funding for a new air monitoring center and a new lab, as well as public education campaigns and grant money for individuals and businesses to exchange dirty engines for cleaner ones. But, the $100 million raises the investment in Utah’s future to an unprecedented level. And that money will go directly to fund projects with the highest potential to improve air quality, such as:
In other words, per-person pollution is about half today what it was in 2002. The challenge is Utah’s population is continuing to grow. Each person, more than ever before, will have to do their part to make certain the air we breathe is healthy for all residents.
In 2017 the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and Gov. Gary Herbert announced a lofty goal to reduce annual emissions into Utah’s air by 25 percent by 2026 – an ambitious benchmark by any standard of measure and one made more difficult by Utah’s rapidly growing population.
How exactly do we reach a 25 percent reduction? The Governor’s FY 2020 budget recommends $100 million to make that goal a reality. The Governor’s air quality plan calls on Utah residents, businesses and industry to each do their part.
Yes, there have been meaningful steps in recent years. The Legislature has provided funding for a new air monitoring center and a new lab, as well as public education campaigns and grant money for individuals and businesses to exchange dirty engines for cleaner ones. But, the $100 million raises the investment in Utah’s future to an unprecedented level. And that money will go directly to fund projects with the highest potential to improve air quality, such as:
- Replacing wood-burning stoves and fireplaces with cleaner-burning natural gas versions. Wood stoves are a major source of winter-time pollution, one that directly impacts the health of everyone in Utah’s valleys. Past exchange efforts have replaced more than 1,500 wood-burning stoves and fireplaces in Cache, Utah, and Salt Lake counties, and there is a current waiting list of 2,000 families wanting to swap out their wood-burning appliances.
- Exchanging dirty two-stroke lawn mowers and snow blowers for electric ones. More than 12,000 people have signed on to a waiting list to exchange their dirty gas-guzzlers for emissions-free electric tools. Snow blowers alone account for 2 percent of all emissions during winter-time inversions.
- Swapping out older, dirtier diesel engines used by industry, school buses, semi-trucks, and mass transit vehicles for cleaner-burning ones, something that will result in high bang for the buck in terms of air quality.
- Encouraging state agencies to develop telecommuting plans for state workers, and remodeling state office buildings to be more energy efficient, including electric vehicle infrastructure at those buildings.
In other words, per-person pollution is about half today what it was in 2002. The challenge is Utah’s population is continuing to grow. Each person, more than ever before, will have to do their part to make certain the air we breathe is healthy for all residents.
and especially this week with Alexandria Occasional-Cortex's Green New Deal I am resting much easier and while reading it I only spit up a small amount of coffee through my nose.
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