Particulates reached unhealthful levels in the Salt Lake Valley this week as another brown layer of inversion took hold.
Bad air has become the biggest blot on Utah’s otherwise pristine reputation. In this land of national parks and Olympics, most people live in a bowl of poisonous muck every winter. It clouds our present and darkens our future — both physiologically and financially.
Meanwhile, the Utah strategy continues to be incremental: find small victories and wait for technology — specifically cleaner cars — to save the day.
It has been the strategy for years, and to some extent it has worked.