air quality

    Top: Science: Environment: Air_Quality:

• Top/Science/Environment/Global Change
• Top/Science/Earth Sciences/Atmospheric Chemistry
• Top/Regional/North America/United States/Government/Agencies/Independent/Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Air and Radiation
• Top/News/Weather/Air Quality

• - Federal Government's principal program to control air pollution from motor vehicles. Primary responsibilities include developing programs to reduce mobile source related air pollution; evaluating emission control technology; testing vehicles, engines, and
  
• - Environmental information including air pollution, hazardous waste, management, regulations, measuring, modeling, emissions, testing, monitoring, modeling, particulate matter, ozone, and brownfields
  
• - where the landfill gas professionals can meet and exchange experiences on landfill, gas, methane, monitoring, landfill gas, landfill monitoring, gas migration, biogas
  
• - Personally-maintained web site devoted to airborne particulate matter (PM). Links to the sources of information on particulate pollution and more generally air pollution.
  
• - Current air quality and forecasts for New Jersey.
  
• - Provides information about the PAMZ, a non-profit multi-stakeholder organization established to manage and monitor air quality issues in central Alberta, Canada.
  
• - Air pollution data, ozone forecasting, information about public health and environmental effects of air pollution, and actions you can take to reduce pollution.
  
• - Includes global, five day forecasts of dust, smoke and sulfate aerosols as well as comparison with satellite analyses.
  
• - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration laboratory research activities are divided into three themes: Air Quality, Emergency Preparedness, and Climate Variability. Each encompasses a number of programs and projects.
  
• - Features information on the causes and effects of pollution. Includes forecast bulletin, 24 hour summaries and articles.
  
• - Information about releases of pollutants into air, water and land. From Environment Canada.
  
• - Research focused on obtaining an improved understanding of the processes that control the formation and distribution of fine particles and ground-level ozone.
  
• - Describes the mandatory vehicle emissions testing program in the Denver-Boulder area of Colorado, including maps to emissions stations, testing requirements, help for failing vehicles and tips to keep from becoming a gross polluter.
  
• - U.S. EPA fact sheet. [PDF format]
  
• - US EPA information about this international agreement and monitoring done under the agreement.
  
• - A division of RIVM, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment. Up-to-date, hourly information about air quality in The Netherlands.
  
• - Up to date information on air quality issues in Canada. Including environmental law and policy, motor vehicle emissions and industrial sources of pollution. Maintained by students at the Environment Law Centre, University of Victoria.
  
• - The American Lung Association's air quality assessment from 1997 to 1999 with each state's information displayed for counties.
  
• - Provides technical assessments on ozone and other problems of air quality in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Data and modeling reports available online.
  
• - The site contains vehicle emissions databases and reports remotely collected from in-use vehicles since 1987 from around the world. Data sets include cars, light-trucks, heavy-duty trucks, jet aircraft, locomotives and snowmobiles.
  
• - Air Quality monitoring networks of London, Bedfordshire, Kent and Hertfordshire in the UK. Near realtime data is available from the site.
  
• - Information and analysis on urban transport and its impact on environment in India. Includes extensive statistics, announcements of conferences and events, and white papers on topics including air pollution in Delhi and vehicle emission control strategies
  
• - Manchester Metropolitan University's multidisciplinary centre of excellence for the study and resolution of atmospheric pollution issues. United Kingdom.
  
• - Information on major air quality issues, from local to global, including vehicle emissions, stratospheric ozone depletion, industrial emissions, and particulates. Site hosted by the Air Resources Branch of the Government of British Columbia, Canada.
  
• - Environmental site with large up-to-date section on air pollution.
  
• - Information on compliance technologies, vendors, and case studies for toxic air pollutants (as defined in U.S. regulations).
  
• - Conducts research in measurement and modelling of air quality, including air quality prediction.
  
• - CA air regulations, CA Almanac of Emissions and Air Quality, air emissions modeling, the gasoline additive MTBE, information on reducing air pollution from marine engines, and management of smoke from agricultural burning.
  
• - Gives information on Chicago's air quality and regional pollution prevention programs.
  
• - EPA's office of Air and Radiation for access to recent news, breaking news, air and radiation information.
  
• - The State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (STAPPA) and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (ALAPCO) are national associations representing air pollution control agencies in the 54 U.S. states/territories and over
  
• - Information service on diesel exhaust emissions, emission control technologies, diesel engines, fuels, and related topics.
  
• - Material designed to provide Texas educators with the background, activities and resources to teach the subject of air quality in the classroom.
  
• - Various materials on air quality and visibility, Forest Service Class I PSD Areas, Integrating Air Quality and Fire Management into Land Management Planning, and smoke and dust from wildland fires.
  
• - EPA has issued a number of policy and guidance documents that interpret Title V and its regulations. This is a free searchable database which contains EPA-issued policy and guidance documents on air operating permits. You can search the database onlin
  
• - Toxic Release Inventory data for the US (emissions of toxic chemicals to air and water). Search for data on toxic chemicals in your community. Also provides information on human health effects.
  
• - Air quality and visibility in U.S. national parks, refuges, and other protected areas. From National Park Service Air Resources Division and Fish and Wildlife Services.
  
• - Focus is air quality and the mechanics of air pollution. Information about publications, training courses, conferences, and seminars.
  
• - A leading centre of expertise in questions related to air pollution. Established in 1969, it is an independent foundation specialized in most issues of air pollution on national and international levels. (Language: Norwegian)
  
• - A free resource for Virginia Vehicle Emissions Inspectors. Includes on-line training, discussions forum, tutorials, and a cartoon archive. Citizens who have failed the emissions inspection can use this site for information on causes and repairs that cou
  
• - National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center (EHC) conducts a variety of outreach and education activities on air quality issues. Topics include indoor air quality, mobile emissions, and radon.
  
• - Presents free accessible articles, publications, events, software, technological solutions and web resources for Air Pollution Control.
  
• - The BAAQMD (District) is the regional, government agency that regulates sources of air pollution within the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties.
  
• - Coordination of institutions to find better methods of understanding PM accumulation and health studies related to pollution. Includes steering committee staff, main topics, fees and registration information. Takes place at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel