Jessica Haskins 🏳️‍🌈
jhaskinsphd.bsky.social
Jessica Haskins 🏳️‍🌈
@jhaskinsphd.bsky.social
"It's not like O3 from Mexico & Asia is magically pooling in SLC". We can do more to improve our #air #quality & we should. www.sltrib.com/news/environ...
Why the Trump admin may be weakening air quality standards for Salt Lake City
The northern Wasatch Front has some of the worst ozone pollution in the country. But the state of Utah says the region should not have to adhere to stricter federal air quality standards — and the Tru...
www.sltrib.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What can I say, this flag just means I'm just proud to live in Salt Lake City?! We'll take the wins where we can...
Hours before a statewide ban on pride and other flags takes effect, Salt Lake City is looking to adopt versions of the pride, transgender visibility and Juneteenth flags as official city flags — an effort to comply with the law while bucking the Republican sponsor’s intent.
Salt Lake City may have found a way to avoid the state’s ban on pride flags
Salt Lake City is looking to adopt official versions of the pride and other flags just hours before a new Utah law banning unofficial flags from schools and government buildings takes effect.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Reposted by Jessica Haskins 🏳️‍🌈
Adding to what Dan and others have said: Measuring air quality at diplomatic posts in places like Beijing, Delhi, and Lahore, using EPA standard technology, and openly sharing it with the public, has been a force pushing along progress toward better air quality in all those locations.
Big (bad) news: the US Embassy air monitoring program webpage has been taken down: www.airnow.gov/internationa...

This erases ~17 years of a critical data source at ~80 US diplomatic posts around the world. Critically for the health of thousands of foreign services officers, critical for research..
www.airnow.gov
March 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM