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Air Pollution - General
- An air quality forecast for Nova Scotia is issued during smog season (May 1 through October 31).
- Air Quality Index for Kids is a U.S. government website about air quality for kids ages 4-10.
- Burn it Smart! encourages Canadians to practice safer, cleaner, more efficient wood heating habits.
- Clean Air Day is an annual event to increase public awareness and action on clean air and climate change.
- Environment Canada's Clean Air site provides information about air pollution sources, their impact on air quality and your health, actions undertaken by governments and communities, and activities you and your community can adopt to help clean the air.
- The Idle-Free Zone gives tips to help Canadians stop unnecessary engine idling in their communities.
- Health Canada's Health and Air Quality website provides a wide range of information on the health aspects of both outdoor and indoor air quality.
- E-Smog Plus is an automatic air quality notification service that delivers Environment Canada's local and regional air quality bulletins through email during smog season (May 1 through October 31).
- National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) Network publishes annual air quality data reports for criteria air pollutants measured at monitoring stations across Canada.
- The National Lung Association's Movement for Clean Air Now provides simple and practical actions to improve indoor and outdoor air quality.
- National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is a database of information on annual releases to air, water and land from all sectors (i.e. industrial, government, commercial and others).
- The Nova Scotia Lung Association provides links to the regional smog forecast program and the pollen and spore forecast program.
- Real-time Ozone Mapping demonstrates the movement of trans-boundary air pollution through animations of hourly ozone readings.
- Skywatchers is an interactive educational program about meteorology for elementary schools.
- The Trans-Boundary Air Pollution Event (PDF: 1.9mb) in Nova Scotia, June 9-10, 2004 study looks at a trans-boundary air pollution event in Nova Scotia.
- The Weather Network provides current air quality information for Nova Scotia.
Climate Change
Ozone Layer Protection
Provincial Air Initiatives
- Nova Scotia's Air Quality Regulations set a provincial annual sulphur dioxide emission cap, ambient air quality standards for selected pollutants, and a sulphur content limit for heavy fuel oil.
- Industrial Air Emissions Fees are established for facilities in Nova Scotia emitting sulphur dioxide, particulate matter, or certain gases.
- The Nova Scotia Energy Strategy includes objectives for air pollutants and climate change.
National Air Initiatives
International Air Initiatives
Air Quality Divisions of Canadian and International Governments
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Air Links
- Go for Green encourages Canadians to pursue healthy, outdoor physical activities that protect, enhance, or restore the environment.
- GPI Atlantic released "The Ambient Air Quality Accounts for the Nova Scotia Genuine Progress Index" report (January 2004), which explores issues surrounding the ambient concentrations of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and ground-level ozone in Nova Scotia.
- Nova Scotia Wind Energy Project aims to raise awareness of climate change in Nova Scotia and to demonstrate how wind energy could be used to mitigate climate change.
- Solar Nova Scotia offers resources, programs and services to incorporating energy conservation and all forms of renewable, sustainable energy.
- TRAX aims to enhance air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting sustainable transportation modes such as public transit, cycling, walking, carpooling, and vanpooling.