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Utah, a Nature Lovers Haven, Is Plagued by Dirty Air

2013-02-23 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Utah has long been known as an outdoor lovers utopia. The skiing and mountain biking are among the best anywhere. And the snow-clotted mountains that tower around Salt Lake give this city a mythic quality during winter. But lately, the Wasatch Front, the corridor of cities and towns where most Utahans live, has acquired a reputation for a less enviable attribute: bad air. For the last few years, the area has been grappling with one of the nations most vexing pollution problems, where atmospheric...

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