2019 events (for record-keeping) June Thursday June 20: Ogden, Th June 20: Ogden Twilight Concern Series SLC, Th June 20: Utah Arts Festival (Library and Washington Squares in downtown SLC) SLC, Th June 20: Salt Lake Bees game starting at 7:05pm. Friday June 21: SLC, F June 21: Utah Arts Festival (Library and Washington Squares in downtown SLC) SLC, [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Lots of great signature-gathering events: Among other great events, there are Red Butte concerts today (Sunday), Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; a Royals FC soccer game in Sandy on W Aug 7; the Craft Lake City DIY Festival Friday Aug 9 - Sunday Aug 11 at the State Fairgrounds; and Farmers Markets all around [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Signature totals: As of tomorrow we will have turned in over 5,000 signatures; the hardworking county clerks have 30 days from the turn-in date of each packet to determine how many of the signatures in that packet are valid. We estimate that they've examined about 1,500 signatures so far and we know [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Getting to scale: Our volunteers and Emissionaries have gathered and turned in over 2,500 signatures total, we're our way to 5,000 for the month, and we're having a great time, often getting 50+ signatures per hour! We need to get to scale in order to qualify for the ballot, but this kind [...]
Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Thursday Thursday Thursday (Pod Save America and more!): Signature-gathering will be a blast tomorrow (Thursday) night: a sold-out show by Seal at Red Butte Outdoor Concerts (join Yoram and Drew at or after 5pm, gates open 6:30pm, finish after the show starts at 7:30pm), plus Obama-loving podcast Pod Save America is on tour at [...]
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 [...]