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This young environmental advocate’s message to decision-makers: Let teens lead the way
The summer after Muskan Walia graduated from Bountiful High School, she abruptly learned what it meant to have a refinery almost at her doorstep. Her mom, who liked to garden outside their home, developed a pervasive cough that led her to her doctor’s office. She was later diagnosed with a lung disease, a fact that was exacerbated by the air they breathed in Woods Cross, home to a few of the big refineries on the Wasatch Front. “I remember feeling so angry and feeling like this was so unfair, and I remember feeling sort of motivated to act,” she said about that breaking ...
