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N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources

NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Air Quality - Commuter Info

Air Quality

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. 
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Protect Your Health

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

 

 

Commuter Options

Save money, relieve stress, catch up with that book or report... all of these are great reasons to find another way to get to work and around town!

And while you're saving money, you'll be saving the environment. Cars cause air pollution and global warming pollution. Air pollution from cars even comes down in rain and causes water pollution. Plus, the less gasoline we use, the less petroleum we need to extract and ship by pipeline, tanker, and truck.

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Asheville:

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Hickory:

Rocky Mount:

 

Division of Air Quality LogoN.C. Division of Air Quality • Mailing Address: 1641 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1641 

Physical Address: 217 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27603 • Phone: (919) 707-8400 Fax (919) 707-0718

 
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