Part of our effort in Gathering The Darn Signatures is having chapters working on college and university campuses around the state. Read on for more information (listed from north to south) and please email us at info@DarnAir.org with additions or corrections or if you want to help out with any of these chapters! Utah State [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: In the news: Our advisory board member Don Albrecht (head of the Western Rural Development Center affiliated with USU) had a great op-ed in Sunday's Tribune: “Urban and rural Utah will both benefit if we Clean The Darn Air”. And on Monday KUER's Nicole Nixon had a good story with a great headline: [...]
Here's a transcript, to the best of our abilities, of relevant parts of Governor Herbert's June 2019 press conference, including questions from Ben Winslow of Fox 13 News (who posted this Twitter meme reaction): Governor Herbert (time stamp 6:00): Air quality, for a lot of reasons, certainly ought to be top of mind for everybody, all [...]
Our awesome signboards (seen here at KRCL) are a walking advertisement: Dave Carrier says that he was just walking down the street with one when someone ran after him to sign up. They’re a shield: if you’re shy or hesitant to talk to folks on the street, the signboard says it all. (Check out Bob Cieri on [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: It's been a week since we got our signature packets and hit the streets, and this much is clear: getting signatures for a clean air ballot measure at outdoor events where lots of people are standing around is fun and easy and tremendously productive: up to 80 signatures an hour! (To use [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: We have our signature packets and have started collecting signatures! Volunteer Bob Cieri has already collected over 200 signatures, so he's well on his way to being the first member of the 250 Club. Read more here about his experience and his advice, and stay tuned for more information about the prizes and [...]
Campaign co-founder Bob Cieri has already gathered over 200 signatures (in only 3 days!) and especially because he's done that without any prior experience we wanted to post some thoughts from him about his experience, his "opening line", his answers to common questions, etc. Here's what Bob had to say Signature gathering for Clean the [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Petition packets ready this week: Our signature petition packets are at the printers (!) and we are planning a gathering on Tuesday evening June 25 in SLC from 6-8pm or so to put materials together and discuss next steps for the campaign. Email us at info@CleanTheDarnAir.org if you're interested in joining the [...]
The final Fiscal Estimate was released on Thursday June 20. Because of changes in state law, it looks a bit different than the initial Fiscal Estimate---e.g., it was produced by the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst instead of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and it contains somewhat different information---but the bottom line [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Lots of news this week, so please read on (here or on our blog) and please share widely! The bad news: We don't yet have the updated Fiscal Estimate and consequently we don't yet have petition packets for signature gatherers. The deadline for the state to release the updated Fiscal Estimate was yesterday [...]