The surprising link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease (LA Times, 1/31/17) With environmental regulations expected to come under heavy fire from the Trump administration, new research offers powerful evidence of a link between air pollution and dementia...
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EPA’s BenMAP tool helps evaluate air pollution policy health effects
Tools and data from the Environmental Protection Agency are essential to maintaining healthy air quality in North Carolina, especially as our population continues its rapid growth, the climate continues to change and our understanding of the health impacts of various...
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AirKeepers Monitor Our Air
More people in the Charlotte region are starting to think about air quality. New, low cost, portable technology is allowing people to monitor our air in real time, for fine particulate matter also known as PM2.5. Clean Air Carolina (CAC) has purchased some of these...
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CAC Board Member and Meteorologists Take a Prominent Role in Climate Change Discussion on WFAE
Listen to the discussion here with our board member Dr. Brian Magi of UNC Charlotte and others talk about climate change:...
read moreParticle Pollution Contributes to Dementia and Alzheimer’s
The surprising link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease (LA Times, 1/31/17) With environmental regulations expected to come under heavy fire from the Trump administration, new research offers powerful evidence of a link between air pollution and dementia...
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It is important for Clean Air, share your voice with leaders!
Please take a moment as a concerned citizen, an AirKeeper, a Clean Air Carolina member, to tell the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization that the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the city needs to protect the air we breathe. The public outreach...
read moreGuest blog: In North Carolina, solar boom extending to schools
Clean Air Carolina is a proud partner of the Repower Our Schools coalition. Charlotte community members gathered to support renewable energy for NC schools at a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board meeting on Tuesday, January 24th. The school board is seeking more...
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2016 has been Clean Air Carolina's biggest year yet. Watch our short video for highlights of some of our greatest accomplishments and consider being a part of making 2017 even bigger and better. Join us today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwUmjC8ozoU We’ve...
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National Partnerships to Make Air Visible
Over 100 people came out to Clean Air Carolina's Making Air Visible event held at CPCC's Tate Hall in Charlotte on Tuesday, December 6. CAC hosted two national speakers who presented on the quickly expanding field of research using portable sensors to collect...
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News From the EPA: Taking Air Sensors to Communities
Shared with permission from the EPA: Taking Air Sensors to Communities air monitoring research, air quality, air research, air sensors, Citizen science 0 Comments By Joel Creswell When I read about air quality in the news, it’s often described as a large scale problem...
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