EPA is launching an environmental justice study of Salt Lake City’s west side
Neighborhoods like Rose Park and Poplar Grove have long shouldered pollution impacts from freeways, rail yards and refineries. Some fear the inland port and drying Great Salt Lake will further exacerbate environmental inequality.
(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) Air pollution continues to settle upon Salt Lake Valley in the morning on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.