Issue Position: Protect Air Quality

Our state's geography offers stunning landscapes and outdoor amenities, but it also brings inherent challenges for our air quality. One of the biggest culprits of our bad air problem is tailpipe emissions. I support alternative fuels such as natural gas as a method of reducing emissions. During the 2013 Session, I championed three-part legislation that provides a way for school districts to convert their buses to CNG; allows Utah to band together with other states to make bulk purchases of factory produced CNG vehicles; and helps fund the construction of more natural gas fueling stations available for state fleets, school districts, commercial vehicles, and private consumers.In addition to these efforts, most recently, I sponsored legislation that encourages our state's oil refineries to produce and sell low sulfur, tier 3 fuel in the state by 2020. There is no silver bullet for solving the air quality challenges, but the efforts we have made so far will help move Utah in the right direction toward cleaner air and you have my commitment that this issue will continue to be a major focus for me.

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