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Air Quality
 Websites presented in alphabetical order California Air Resources Board (ARB) 
 The California Air Resources Board Information System (CARBIS) Site Map , offers browsing, searching, and links to "over 250 top level topics." Sections detail relevant environmental policy relating to transportation, health, consumer products, toxics and vapors, laws and regulations. Suggestions for community action and educational activities offer site visitors substantive activist roles. http://www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm Topics: California: Business, California: Environment & Energy Last updated Dec 21, 2001 California Air Resources Board: Dry Cleaning Program
Environmental programs in California related to perchloroethylene, "identified as a toxic air contaminant in 1991. Perc emissions in California result primarily from the use of the solvent in dry cleaning operations." Includes material about the Toxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program that provides financial assistance to the dry cleaning industry to switch from systems using perchloroethylene to non-toxic and non-smog-forming alternatives. http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/dryclean/dryclean.htm Topics: California: Business, California: Environment & Energy Last updated Jan 31, 2007 California Air Resources Board: Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection Program
Background material and fact sheets about this California state program that inspects heavy-duty diesel trucks and buses for excessive smoke emissions. Document topics include the Periodic Smoke Inspection Program, reduction of emissions from transport refrigeration units (TRUs), air quality concerns related to the travel of heavy-duty vehicles over the Mexico-California border under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and trends and outcomes of the inspection programs. From the California Air Resources Board (ARB). http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/hdvip/hdvip.htm Topics: California: Environment & Energy, California: Transportation, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements Last updated Mar 21, 2006 California Indoor Air Quality Program
"The mission of the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Program is to conduct and promote the coordination of research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, and control of indoor pollution in California." The site features information sheets and links about topics such as toxic molds, fungi, radon, and ozone at homes, schools, and the workplace. http://www.cal-iaq.org/ Topics: California: Environment & Energy Last updated Sep 3, 2003 Diesel Programs and Activities
Background about the California Air Resources Board's activities related to its goals of "achieving emission reductions from diesel sources." Provides fact sheets, reports, regulatory documents, and other publications on diesel exhaust health effects, mobile vehicles and equipment (on- and off-road vehicles and marine vessels), portable generators and pumps, diesel fuels, certification programs, and related issues. Offers diesel-related mailing lists. From the California Air Resources Board. http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/diesel.htm Topics: California: Environment & Energy Last updated Dec 16, 2008 Dirty Air Costs California Economy $28 Billion Annually
This November 2008 article announces the release of "The Benefits of Meeting Federal Clean Air Standards in the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley Air Basins," which finds that air pollution costs the California economy billions of dollars and contributes to "more than 3,800 premature deaths each year." Includes link to site with the full report and an executive summary. From the Institute for Economics and Environmental Studies, Cal State Fullerton and Sonoma Technology. http://campusapps.fullerton.edu/news/2008/091-air-pollution-study.html Topics: California: Environment & Energy Last updated Nov 19, 2008 Port of Long Beach: Environment
This website outlines environmental practices at the Port of Long Beach, California, such as "reducing harmful air emissions from port-related operations, improving water quality in the harbor, protecting marine wildlife and implementing environmentally sustainable practices throughout the Port." Includes the "Green Port Policy," program updates, and sections on clean trucks, air and water quality, and other areas of work at the port. http://www1.polb.com/environment/ Topics: California: Environment & Energy, California: Transportation Last updated Dec 9, 2008 Port of Los Angeles: Environment
Background and updates about environmental programs of the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro, California. Provides studies and reports, air quality monitoring results, environmental impact reports and public notices, and details about projects involving wildlife, water quality, air quality (including Alternative Maritime Power, emissions reduction for container ships), and mitigation, and sustainability. From the Port of Los Angeles. http://www.portoflosangeles.org/idx_environment.asp Topics: California: Environment & Energy, California: Transportation Last updated Dec 9, 2008 Spare the Air
Current San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento County, and San Joaquin Valley air quality forecasts and information. It includes ozone levels and excesses, a FAQ, air quality improvement measures, and transportation alternatives. Some material is also available in Spanish. http://www.sparetheair.org/ Topics: California Regions, California: Environment & Energy, San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland, San Jose, more ... Last updated Apr 13, 2002 Web Resources for California Fires
This website, created at the time of the October 2007 Southern California wildfires, features links to information "on the health effects from fires and exposure to smoke; links to air quality resources, environmental clean-up following fires, and animals in disasters. In addition, resources for emergency responders and information in Spanish are also included." Includes links to material from FEMA, on finding friends and family, and more. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/california_fires07.html Topics: California: Environment & Energy, California: Health, California: Science Last updated Oct 29, 2007 Winter Spare the Air
This site describes how spare the air alerts will be issued in the San Francisco Bay Area during November through February when particulate matter in the air is too high. When an alert "is in effect, burning wood, firelogs, or pellets in your fireplace or woodstove is illegal." Includes links to material about health effects of wood smoke, particulate matter scores back to 1991, and related material. From the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. http://www.sparetheair.org/staging/about/spare_the_air_winter.htm Topics: California: Environment & Energy Last updated Nov 25, 2008 Wood Smoke and Fine Particulate Matter
Compilation of public hearing notices, reports, and other matter concerning wood smoke regulation in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQD). Includes illustrated background about the potential health effects of fine particulate matter and air pollution from indoor and outdoor fireplaces and other wood-burning devices. Includes related links. From the BAAQD. http://www.baaqmd.gov/enf/woodsmoke/woodsmoke_portal.htm Topics: California: Environment & Energy Last updated Jul 15, 2008 |
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