Topic: Air emissions reductions strategy
Website with information on costs and fuel savings for alternatives to idling for heavy duty trucks.
Website providing estimates of percent reductions in air pollutant emissions from use of alternative fuels including ethanol, biodiesel, compressed natural gas, propane, and ultra-low sulfur diesel.
Case study of a partnership between Maryland Department of the Environment and Cheverly, Maryland to use data from a hyper-local air sensor network and local traffic data to target air emissions inspections.
Website providing downloads of two databases: a control measures reference library which provides information on control technologies for a variety of source categories, and a menu of control measures which provides information on existing emission reduction measures including efficiency and cost-effectiveness for large point sources and some nonpoint sources.
Website with information on open burning emissions, including information on burn bans, guidance on open burning restrictions, and information on pollutants released from burning trash.
Website providing detailed information on Maricopa County, Arizona Emission Reduction Credit Program, which allows sources to offset emissions in nonattainment areas throughout Maricopa County. Emissions credits are generated by creating permanent emission reductions, and can be bought, sold, or traded between companies.
Website providing lists of voluntary actions that individuals and communities can take that can help to reduce ozone concentrations.
Website for Boston Air Pollution Control Commission's Community Clean Air Grant Program which funds community based projects to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions. The site provides useful examples of application procedures and projects that have received funding.
Report providing evidence-based guidance to inform local actions to reduce air pollution and its impacts on health. Includes interventions to address mobile sources, buildings, industrial sources, agriculture, and individual behavior.
Provides six case studies of strategies for air pollution management from cities around the world, including New York City, NY; Barranquilla, Columbia; Accra, Ghana; Kampala, Uganda; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Beijing, China. The New York case study focused on enhanced local air quality monitoring to address specific causes of local poor air quality.
