Feds take Wasatch Front off national dirty air list for inversion smog
The region finds itself in attainment with the Clean Air Act for winter particulate pollution for the first time in more than a decade.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Inversion conditions in the Salt Lake valley trap small particulate pollutants on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.
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.