Washington • Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski urged Congress to take action on combating climate change, noting that while her city is working toward lowering emissions, the federal government needs to step up.
Biskupski testified before a House Ways and Means subcommittee on Tuesday morning and noted that while she loves the beauty of Utah, carbon emissions are causing harmful air pollution, decreasing annual snowfall and prompting wildfires.
“During the hot summer months and the cool winters our air is filled with a dirty haze we know as the dreaded inversion,” she told the subcommittee.