Letter: Now, do clean air

Ben Abbott’s recent op-ed in The Tribune highlighted the importance of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day for our fight against pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic (“Earth Day at 50 has never been so relevant,” April 21). I thank him for his wisdom and the reminder that pollution kills 15.1 million people a year, a statistic much greater than the worst projections for COVID-19.I know that pollution is a very important issue for us Utahns, most Utahans rank concern for air qualit