High school student David Marin from Northwest School of the Arts (NWSA) contacted Clean Air Carolina recently, interested to learn more about our AirKeepers Citizen Science Program. Marin started an after school Environmental Club “to make helping the environment...
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Citizen Scientist Blog William H. Schlesinger is one of the nation’s leading ecologists and earth scientists and a passionate advocate for translating science for lay audiences. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he has served as dean of the Nicholas School...
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While federal climate policies seem to be taking a leave of absence from reality, here in North Carolina, we have three great legislative proposals to support. You can join your fellow North Carolinians in supporting these proposals that will further our state’s leadership in addressing climate change by adding your name to our supporting sign-on letters.
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According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, North Carolina ranks second in the United States for solar energy capacity – more than relentlessly sunny states like Texas and Arizona. The smart policies that allowed us to take advantage of our solar resources have resulted in a boom in clean-energy jobs and an economic windfall for rural counties. It’s also great news for clean air – solar panels do not emit toxins or climate change drivers like particulate matter, mercury, carbon dioxide or methane.
read moreGuest blog presented by: Jeremy Mattsson Fifth grade students at Cannon School (Concord, NC) partnered with Clean Air Carolina at the start of 2017 to gather data in support of a middle school service learning project. Through Cannon’s service learning program,...
read moreA free public art display on a downtown Raleigh building will illustrate the amount of particulate matter in the air in real-time. (Nancy Pierce) March 15, 2017 RALEIGH, N.C. – Your lungs will feel poor air quality long before your eyes can see it. That reality is the...
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Clean Air Carolina pushes contributory science forward once again. On March 1st, the staff officially embarked on a new partnership with the EPA to help “write the book” of environmental citizen science. Clean Air Carolina was one of only two organizations in the...
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Clean Air Carolina works with schools across North Carolina to engage students and their teachers in Citizen Science through our AirKeepers program. We are making air visible with the help of our partners and providing valuable information to on local air quality....
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The health consequences of climate change, and the health co-benefits of addressing the climate crisis, may be the most powerful ways to frame the issue to get the attention of the public and policymakers, former Vice President Al Gore declared at a recent conference...
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Declaring climate change to be the greatest public health challenge we are facing today, the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Science Board has designated 2017 as the Year of Climate Change and Health. Education Resources Beginning with the February 16...
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