Ozone Reduction Strategies
Tips to Reduce Ozone - Ozone Action Days
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Reductions in air pollution can be achieved by a variety of methods including pollution prevention, control technologies, and control measures, and may be implemented through regulatory, market-based or voluntary programs.
The following categories identify example strategies for reducing ozone. Please follow the Web links below to view example actions taken by state, local and other organizations to reduce ozone.
Ozone/Air Quality Awareness Campaigns (Not all states are represented):
- Arizona - Clean Air Make More
- Arkansas - Ozone Action Days
- Colorado - Denver - Ozone Aware
- Connecticut - Ozone Action Days
- Indiana - Clean Air Indiana
- Indiana - Partners for Clean Air
- Indiana - Knozone
- Kansas - Department of Health Kids Zone
- Kentucky - Kentuckiana Air Education KAIRE
- Michigan - MIair (select the Miair icon)
- Michigan - Mid-Michigan Action Day Info by CATA
- Michigan - Southeast Michigan Council of Governments Ozone Action
- Michigan - West MI Clean Air Action
- New York - Pollution Control Publications
- North Carolina - Air Awareness Program
- North Carolina - Dept of Public Health Ozone
- North Carolina - Triangle Air Awareness
- North Carolina, Unifour region
- North Carolina, Triad region
- Texas - Ozone Heroes
- Texas - Clean Air Force of Central Texas
- Texas – Clean Air Action
Federal Campaigns:
- EPA - Region 3 Air Quality Action Days
- Federal Highway Administration - It all Adds up to Cleaner Air
Clean air month (May)/day:
Climate Action Plan
Clean summer days campaign
Forecasting and reporting to the public (Not all states are represented):
- Arizona - Air Quality Index (PDF) (4pp, 100k)
- Arizona - Pima County
- Delaware - Air Quality Partnership
- Illinois - Partners for Clean Air
- Indiana - Smog Watch
- Maryland - Frederick County Clean Air Partners
- Maryland - Delaware Valley Air Quality Partnership
- North Carolina - Asheville Air Quality Forecast Twitter
- North Carolina - Triangle Air Quality Twitter
- NC DAQ AQI readings
- Tennessee - Ozone Awareness
- Tennessee - Twitter Forecast
- Tennessee - Eastern Tennessee Clean Air Coalition
- Washington - Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
- Missouri - East West Gateway Air Quality Resource Center