Photos: Students rally for clean air on Utah's Capitol Hill

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Hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Madeleine Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic HighSchool participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group.

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Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, points to the Governor's office in the State Capitol as he tells hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School to direct their rally cries in that direction during a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group.

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Children try and catch snow flakes on their tongues as hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Madeleine Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group.

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Madeleine Choir School fifth- grader Oliver Laughlin wears a gas mask as he and hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group.

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Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, leads hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School as they direct their rally cries in that direction of the Governor's office in the State Capitol during a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group.

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Madeleine Choir School fifth- grader Imogen Ray gives a speech as she and hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group.

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Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Madeleine Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic HighSchool participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group. Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, points to the Governor's office in the State Capitol as he tells hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School to direct their rally cries in that direction during a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group. Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Children try and catch snow flakes on their tongues as hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Madeleine Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group. Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Madeleine Choir School fifth- grader Oliver Laughlin wears a gas mask as he and hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group. Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, leads hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School as they direct their rally cries in that direction of the Governor's office in the State Capitol during a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group. Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Madeleine Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic HighSchool participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group. Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Madeleine Choir School fifth- grader Imogen Ray gives a speech as she and hundreds of Utah students from schools including the Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School participate in a Clean Air Rally on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday January 26, 2017. This is the third consecutive year students from the Choir School have aired their concerns about the excess smog as several students gave speeches to the group.

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· January 26, 2017 8:34 pm

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Hundreds of students rallied Thursday on Capitol Hill on behalf of improving Utah's air quality.

Students from schools including the Madeleine Choir School, Rowland Hall and Judge Memorial Catholic High School participated in the clean-air rally, held on the Capitol steps to air their concerns about haze.

Some wore gas masks. Others carried signs and offered speeches in what was the schools' third year rallying in support of the cause.