Jen's Green Journal

I'm focusing on clean air in Utah for the month of May, in honor of the formation of Utah Moms for Clean Air.

Did you know . . .

• The poor air quality in the Salt Lake Valley shaves off an average of two years per person's life span?
• Each red alert day is equivalent  to smoking half a pack of cigarettes? With 22 red alert days this past winter, each one of us -- including babies and children -- has had the equivalent of smoking 11 packs of cigarettes this year.

Citizen action of the day:

Sign up for at least 1 block of wind power from Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky program, and if you are able, enough blocks to cover your power usage for the month. Each block costs $1.95 per month and covers a 100 kilowatt-hour increment.  Buying Blue Sky blocks encourages the development of clean wind power and reduces the demand of electricity from coal-fired plants which causes a significant amount of our dirty air.

http://utahmomsforcleanair.org/ - site is up. Plans for it (coming soon) will include interactive forums so that you can get involved in ways that best fit your interests and/or talents.