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Georgia Basin / Puget
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International Airshed Strategy
and Inventory of
Air Quality Practices
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Related links
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Organizations
Take action - what you can do
Information
American Lung Association of Washington
BC Lung Association
Centre for Electric Vehicle Experimentation in Quebec (CEVEQ)
 Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative (GBEI)
Northwest Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Network
School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, University of British Columbia (UBC)
State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (STAPPA) & the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officers (ALAPCO)
The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, "Translink"
World Health Organization (WHO) - information on air pollution(UBC)
Burn it Smart - a Canadian campaign to promote safer, cleaner and more efficient wood burning practices for those who heat their homes with wood, or use it for recreational purposes
B.C. Burn Hotline - Is it safe to burn? Phone your regional burning "hotline" to find out
Canadian funding programs and outreach (Environment Canada)
Clean Air Day
 British Columbia
Canada
Clean Air Consumer Guide (by the City of Toronto)
Climb for Clean Air (American Lung Association, Washington)
Climb the Wall: Stairclimb for Clean Air (British Columbia Lung Association)
Commuter Challenge
Canada
King County, Washington
Feel Good Cars - provides information on environmentally friendly vehicles. Includes information on efficient vehicles as well as where to purchase them
Green Vehicle Guide (US EPA) -
Use this guide to choose the cleanest and most fuel-efficient vehicle that meets your needs
Mow down pollution (GVRD) - Turn in your old gas lawnmower and get up to $75 off on a new clean mower (electric). This pilot event will be happening on Mother's Day weekend- May 11, 12, 13, 2003 at the Coquitlam Home Depot only.
Air Issues Project by the David Suzuki Foundation and the Ontario College of Family Physicians
Air pollution terms/glossary maintained by the California Air Resources Board
Air Quality Index for Kids (US EPA)
Air Quality Index, American (US EPA)
Air quality monitoring sites in the Georgia Coast Air Basin
Air quality and health research projects of the School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, UBC
Air Toxics from Motor Vehicles (US EPA)
Clean Air Project by the David Suzuki Foundation and B.C. Medical Association
CleanAir.ca - maintained by the Environment Law Centre, University of Victoria
demographics - Fraser Valley Regional District (pdf)
demographics - Greater Vancouver Regional District (pdf)
demographics - Washington State
Diesel issues associated with solid waste collection vehicles (California Air Resources Board)
emission inventory - B.C. Inventory of Common Air Contaminants (CACs) and Greenhouse Gases (GhG) - includes the common contaminants — carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, total reduced sulphur, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter (with PM10 and PM2.5 breakdowns). It also includes the major greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
emission inventory - Sea-to-Sky Airshed - The STS corridor extends about 150 kilometres from the Howe Sound entrance at the Strait of Georgia (Vancouver, BC) to the confluence of the Pemberton and Lillooet valleys at Pemberton, BC, and is home to approximately 30,000 residents.
GBEI technical reports (including air quality)
Northwest Collaborative Air Priorities Project (NWCAPP), a comprehensive consultation on air priorities for the US EPA's Region X
Pacific 2001 Air Quality Study in the Lower Mainland (pdf)
Prince George Air Quality Management Plan
Research projects of the Northwest Centre on PM and Health
Reveal II 1993 Air Quality Study of Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Smog City an interactive air pollution simulator, for kids
Smog Summit - annual Toronto conference to explore the solutions to smog
A list of the participating agencies
in the Georgia Basin / Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy is available.
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