Utah Clean Air Partnership

**About UCAIR** UCAIR is a statewide clean air partnership created to make it easier for individuals, businesses and communities to make small changes to improve Utah’s air. Every small change adds to a collective bigger step toward better health, a better economy and better overall quality of life for all of us. **What We Do** UCAIR is not an advocacy group, and by policy is prohibited from engaging in lobbying activities or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. UCAIR recognizes partner organizations may choose to engage in these activities. UCAIR intends to adhere to policy in this regard, separate and apart from any partnership agreement. UCAIR will endeavor to support the efforts of partners to extent that this support does not conflict with the policy under which it operates. **Educate** The first step to changing behavior is understanding, which is why UCAIR focuses on education — education about why Utah needs to improve its air quality and education about the feasible things you can do every day to help make a collective improvement. **Provide Grants** UCAIR doesn’t just ask people to make changes; it helps make changes possible. UCAIR’s Grants program rewards organizations with creative and innovative ideas combined with resourceful planning to reach measurable emissions reductions. **Partner** Utah has a strong framework of organizations that care about and take initiative to improve Utah’s air quality. UCAIR’s goal is to provide a table where these partners can come together, combine their talents and capabilities to coordinate messaging, share data and strengthen efforts statewide to improve air quality. **Invite Participation** While UCAIR works very closely with partner organizations, it also seeks to involve Utah residents across the state in its efforts to improve air quality, including crafting and implementing technical solutions for air quality issues. **Why We Do It** Commitments made by individuals to reduce emissions are a critical component of UCAIR’s success and are intended to supplement, not replace, existing regulatory measures. There is widespread agreement throughout the state that clean air is important to Utahns. Through education, awareness and resource support, UCAIR champions a basic principle: that by working together, people can make a difference. By making a commitment to contribute, even in a small way, to change actions and behaviors that contribute to air pollution, participants in the UCAIR partnership can help everyone in Utah breathe a little easier.