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NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Air Quality - Air Awareness Program

Air Quality

 NC Air Awareness Program

What's the Problem?

  • Why should you care about air pollution?  Air pollution can harm everyone's health and damage the environment. Air pollution can lead to breathing problems such as asthma and emphysema. Learn more here ...

Air Quality Forecast

  • See the future.  Know the air pollution levels the day before they happen. 
  • Learn more here ...

Protect Your Health

  • Learn to use the air quality color code and forecasts to help protect you and your family.
  • Learn more here ...

Take Action! 

  • Ozone and particle pollution, the two biggest air quality concerns in North Carolina, come from many of the same sources, primarily motor vehicles and industry.
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Teachers & Students

  • Teachers! Let us help you teach a class, add to your Professional Teaching Standards portfolio, and meet all the new core and essesial standards.  
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FAQ

Turn Off Your Engine

  • Unnecessary idling wastes fuel and pollutes the air.  Click the sign to learn more.

Employers & Resources

 

 

Welcome!  The North Carolina Air Awareness Program is a public outreach and education program of the North Carolina Division of Air Quality.  The goal of the program is to reduce air pollution through voluntary actions by individuals and organizations.

Forecast Center Air Quality MapN.C. Air Quality Forecast  Map - THIS IS A GRAPHIC PLACEHOLDER - UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS AREA TO PULL IN IBEAM CONTENT. or this http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_state&stateid=34&tab=0
 
 

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