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Acid Rain

• The Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN) is Environment Canada's non-urban air quality monitoring network.
• The Canada-wide Acid Rain Strategy for Post-2000 lays the framework for how Canada manages acid rain.
• The Canadian National Atmospheric Chemistry (NAtChem) Database and Analysis System provides access to data collected at acid rain monitoring stations in Sherbrooke, Kejimkujik National Park and Jackson, Nova Scotia.
• Environment Canada's Acid Rain website provides information on what is being done about acid rain in Canada.
• Environment Canada's Atmospheric Science Acid Rain FAQ provides answers to some common questions about acid rain.
• The Pockwock-Bowater Watershed Study involved the collection of precipitation data at an acid rain monitoring station at Pockwock Lake from May 2000 to December 2003.
• The United States Environmental Protection Agency provides information about acid rain causes, effects and solutions.

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

• The Climate Change Centre is Nova Scotia's public education and outreach centre on climate change.
• Environment Canada's Climate Change site provides information on the government's climate change plan.
• The Meteorological Service of Canada provides information about the science of climate change.
• The Office of Energy Efficiency has information on how to reduce your energy use, cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, and save money at home, at work and on the road.
• Nova Scotia Department of Energy manages climate change issues for Nova Scotia.

Ozone Layer Protection

• Nova Scotia's Ozone Layer Protection Regulations govern the use of ozone-depleting substances in Nova Scotia.
• Environment Canada's Stratospheric Ozone web site provides information on the history of stratospheric ozone layer depletion, the science of ozone depletion, and Canada's Ozone Layer Protection Program.
• The United Nations Environment Program Ozone Secretariat provides information on the international effort to protect the earth's ozone layer.
• The Refrigerant Management Canada provides information on an industry-led environmental care program committed to the responsible disposal of surplus ozone depleting refrigerants from the stationary refrigeration and air conditioning industry.

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

• The Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network is Environment Canada's non-urban air quality monitoring network.
• The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment is involved in a variety of air and climate change initiatives, including Canada-wide standards, such as mercury emissions standards (PDF) for coal-fired power plants.
• The National Framework for Petroleum Refinery Emissions is an industry-led approach to reduce emissions from the petroleum-refining sector.
• The Council of Atlantic Premiers is involved in some air quality and climate change initiatives.
• National Air Pollution Surveillance Network is a joint program of the federal and provincial governments for monitoring and assessing ambient air quality.

International Air Initiatives

• Canada-US Air Quality Agreement is an agreement between the government of Canada and the government of the United States of America to address shared concerns regarding trans-boundary air pollution. The agreement was amended with the ozone annex. See also the 2004 Progress Report.
• The Convention of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution was signed in 1979 and establishes a broad framework to work cooperatively on the transport of pollutants through the atmosphere and over borders, oceans and continents.
• The Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers has developed an Acid Rain Action Plan, a Climate Change Action Plan (PDF) and a Mercury Action Plan (PDF).

Air Quality Divisions of Canadian and International Governments

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Ontario
• Quebec
• United States - Environmental Protection Agency
• Hong Kong
• Mexico City
• United Kingdom

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.

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Last Updated: 2008-Apr-8
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