Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 20:07:48 GMT -6
Republicans, Democrats together on need for clean air legislation
SALT LAKE CITY — More than two dozen Republican and Democratic lawmakers stood together Monday to announce a long list of clean air-related bills and appropriation requests.
"We have made tremendous progress in air quality in the last few years. Our air has improved," the founder and co-chairwoman of the Legislature's bipartisan clean air caucus, Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, said. "But we know it’s not enough."
Arent said the package that totals 14 bills so far does not contain "any silver bullet" but represents what she described as incremental but important steps to improve air quality that can be taken this session.
Lawmakers described proposals ranging from a $10 million request from Rep. Stephen Handy, R-Layton, to match with local funds to replace 119 aging diesel school buses, to Arent's bill, HB237, that would allow taxpayers to contribute to a Clean Air Fund.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865646695/Republicans-Democrats-together-on-need-for-clean-air-legislation.html
SALT LAKE CITY — More than two dozen Republican and Democratic lawmakers stood together Monday to announce a long list of clean air-related bills and appropriation requests.
"We have made tremendous progress in air quality in the last few years. Our air has improved," the founder and co-chairwoman of the Legislature's bipartisan clean air caucus, Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, said. "But we know it’s not enough."
Arent said the package that totals 14 bills so far does not contain "any silver bullet" but represents what she described as incremental but important steps to improve air quality that can be taken this session.
Lawmakers described proposals ranging from a $10 million request from Rep. Stephen Handy, R-Layton, to match with local funds to replace 119 aging diesel school buses, to Arent's bill, HB237, that would allow taxpayers to contribute to a Clean Air Fund.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865646695/Republicans-Democrats-together-on-need-for-clean-air-legislation.html