Air pollution is making Utah a paradise lost

By: Brian Moench

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: January 22, 2026

Words: 784

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Utah leaders like to brag about the “Utah Way,” that we’re different, or “special.” U.S. News and World Report has ranked Utah the best state in the country three years in a row. But I wonder if anyone from that publication has visited Utah in the last two weeks. Because lately we have also been “number one” in the country in something far less admirable — deadly air pollution. As many as 8,000 …

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