Commentary: We can’t prevent Utah’s inversions, but we can fix our air pollution problem

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sun and blue skies above the smog in the valley, Monday, December 11, 2017.At times, Utah cities along the Wasatch Front have the worst air pollution in the entire nation. Yes, we live in a bowl where our air pollution gets trapped by inversions in winter, inversions are unavoidable and natural, but trapped pollution would not be a problem if there were no pollution to trap.

We can, should and must fix our air pollution problem, both here and worldwide. Air pollution is harming our health, killing people, shortening all our lives, blocking our view of the great beauty around us and hurting our state’s tourist-reliant economy. Who wants to visit, or live,…