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Wood Burning and Smoke
Weather and Air Quality
Government Agencies & Public Organizations
Air Quality Educational Sites:
    Teachers
    Parents
    Older Students
    Younger Kids
Health
Transportation
Conservation




Wood Burning and Wood Smoke

Fireplaces & Woodburning Stoves 
     ( California Energy Commission — Includes firewood information)

Fireplace and Woodburning Stove Basics

     (Includes efficiency and maintenance tips)

Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association

     (Includes consumer information and retailer locator)

Heating Fire Safety (U.S. Fire Administration)

How To Protect Your Family From Smoke (CAPCOA)

How To Build a Safer Fire (Children's Health Environmental Coalition)

Particile Pollution and Your Health (U.S. EPA)

Preventing Problems With Combustion Equipment (U.S. EPA)

Reducing Wood Stove Smoke

     (Includes wood stove technologies, choosing, and operating)

Sources Of Indoor Air Pollution — Respirable Particles (U.S. EPA)

Trash and Wood Burning

Woodburning Primer




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Weather & Air Quality

Los Angeles Basin Air Quality

National Weather Service

Sacramento Air Quality

San Joaquin Air Quality

U.S. EPA's Air Quality Information & Air Programs

 



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Government Agencies & Public Organizations

American Lung Association

Association Of Bay Area Governments

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

California Air Resources Board

Directory of California Local Air Districts

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency


Health

Comsumer Health Reviews — Alternative and Hollistic Therapeutics

National Heart, Lung adn Blood Institute

Pollen Counts & Allergy Forecasts




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Transportation

511.org - Bay Area Transportation Information

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

Benicia Transit

CALTRAIN

CALTRANS, District 4

Contra Costa Community Alternative Metwork

Golden Gate Ferry and Transit

MYBART

S.F. MUNI

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

Real Time Bay Area Traffic Congestion Information

Wheels Online

 

Conservation

Flex Your Power Energy Conservation

Greenhouse Gas Education

Sustainable Conservation Projects

 



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Air Quality Educational Sites — Teachers

AIRNOW — Kid's Air — Teachers Material

Clean Air Wisconsin

Easy Breathers

EPA Teaching Center

Open Air Classroom

Passport To Knowledge

Safe Routes To Schools

Walk Boston — Safe Routes to Schools

Way to Go School Program

 

Air Quality Educational Sites —Parents

AIRNOW — Kid's Air — Parents Material

Safe Routes To Schools

Way to Go School Program

 



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Air Quality Educational Sites — Older Students

B.E.S.T. Off Ramp

Easy Breathers

EPA Environmental Kids Club

Open Air Classroom

Passport To Knowledge

 

Air Quality Educational Sites — Younger Kids

AIRNOW — Kid's Air

Environment Canada — Kids & Environment

EPA Environmental Kids Club

NRDC — Greensquad

TRANSOPTIONS Kids



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