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John Daley Reporting"One should be well aware of the consequences that they have on the environment around them."
The inversion and some smoggy conditions have returned and air monitors in Salt Lake and Davis County are edging toward the unhealthy zone for sensitive groups. The inversion lifted Friday, but it started to return again today and is beginning to build up.
Currently in Salt Lake and Davis Counties the Air Quality Index is at 90, which is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups like children, the elderly and people with heart or lung disease like asthma.
One man is taking an interesting route to making people aware of the problem. Andrew Eisenberg is a University of Utah sophomore.
On smoggy days like one a few days ago, he sets up shop at the intersection of State Street and 4th South, carrying a sign. On one side it notes the day's air quality reading. On the other is a question: Why are you poisoning the air?
Eisenberg says his goal is awareness. Some drivers don't react. A few give him the thumbs up. The more vocal reactions are negative.
Andrew Eisenberg, Protester: "I'm not condemning anyone who drives a car, I want to be clear on that. I am, however, condemning people that are ignorant to the results of the practice of driving automobiles. One should be well aware of the consequences that they have on the environment around them. You'd be surprised the lack of creativity that comes out of the windows. "F bombs., you see them more than you hear them through the glass. A lot of energy being forced through the lips."
Eisenberg says the solutions are obvious: less driving, more mass transit,cleaner burning cars. He says, so far, he isn't seeing a lot of change, but two people told him his efforts convinced them to get out of their cars and trying walking for a change.
