SALT LAKE CITY — A clean-air resolution urging Utahns to eliminate "unnecessary" idling of their cars and trucks advanced out of legislative committee Monday on a 4-2 vote.
HJR 5, sponsored by Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Salt Lake, now goes to the full Senate for consideration after being heard in the Senate Natural Resources, Agricultural and Environment Standing Committee.
It passed in the House earlier this month on a 66-8 vote.
— Amy Joi O'Donoghue
Amy Joi O'Donoghue is the environmental reporter the Deseret News, specializing in coverage of issues that affect land, air, water and energy development. She has worked here since 1998 and has been an assistant city more ..
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