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The Air District is announcing a significant expansion of the Clean Air Filtration Program, which will provide portable air filtration units to unhoused and low-income residents in impacted communities as well as to emergency and cooling centers Bay Area-wide. This is the first program of its kind and will help mitigate the potential health impacts of wildfires, especially for the Bay Area’s most vulnerable residents.

The Air District has posted the Notice of Preparation and Initial Study for the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report on the 2016 Clean Air Plan/Regional Climate Protection Strategy.

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 12 noon – 1 PM. at the Vallejo John F. Kennedy Library. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 12 noon – 1 PM at the Alum Rock Public Library in the Alum Rock Community Room. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, August 10, 2024, from 12 – 1 PM at the San Carlos Community Library Room. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

The Air District is announcing its Clean Air Talk series, featuring Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt, to be held in communities throughout the Bay Area.

The Air District has opened registration for businesses from across the region to compete in the Great Race for Clean Air, a friendly competition that encourages employees to carpool, vanpool, walk, bike or ride transit to work, instead of driving alone.

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, December 7, 2024, from 12 noon – 1 PM at the Greenhouse Community Room in the San Lorenzo Public Library. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

The Air District will host an in-person conversation with Air District Board Chair Davina Hurt on Saturday, November 2, 2024, from 12 noon – 1 PM at the East Palo Alto Community Room in the East Palo Alto Public Library. The conversation will focus on community questions and concerns regarding air quality issues and climate change. 

The Air District is announcing that the sixth annual California Clean Air Day will take place on October 4. The event is a statewide day of action where millions of Californians participate in cleaning the air.

The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority and the Air District announced that WETA’s Gemini Class Clean Air Conversion Project has been completed, resulting in a substantial decrease in air pollution emissions from four San Francisco Bay Ferry vessels serving Oakland, Alameda, and Richmond.

The deadline to apply to the Air District’s Clean HEET Program has been extended to September 30, 2025. Clean HEET grants are currently available to help offset the cost of switching from wood-burning or pellet-burning stoves, fireplace inserts, or open-hearth fireplaces to an electric heat pump. A decommission-only option is also available for homeowners to remove existing open-hearth fireplaces or older, uncertified wood-burning stoves or inserts.

The Air District, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Public Health today discussed the urgent need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reevaluate and update the federal air pollution standard for fine particulate pollution, also known as PM 2.5.

The Air District will be relocating to the newly redeveloped Bay Area Metro Center in San Francisco on May 31, along with MTC and ABAG. The new building address for the Air District will be: Bay Area Air District 375 Beale Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94105

In the wake of record-breaking wildfires and hurricanes that have decimated the U.S., the Trump administration has announced a directive today to order the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rewrite the Clean Power Plan and jeopardize hard-fought climate gains. The effects of climate change are being realized worldwide as global temperatures rise and catastrophic weather patterns escalate.

The Air District is inviting residents to participate in the sixth annual California Clean Air Day on October 4. Designed around individual actions, the event is a statewide initiative built on the idea that shared experiences unite people to improve community health. 

The Air District has expanded the Clean Cars for All program to the entire nine-county Bay Area within the Air District’s jurisdiction.

Feb 22, 2022 ... COMPARISON CHART PORTABLE HVAC FILTER REQUIREMENTS RETROFIT UNIT REPLACEMENT yes | optional for Public Accessibility yes yes CBOs and schools Up-front Costs for Equipment n/a yes optional Up-front ...

Jun 14, 2022 ... AB 836 WILDFIRE RESPONSE CLEAN AIR CENTERS PROGRAM www.baaqmd.gov/cleanaircenters CLEAN AIR CENTERS PROGRAM IS A GRANT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO PURCHASE PORTABLE AIR ...

Sep 19, 2022 ... NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 20, 2022 CONTACT: Erin DeMerritt, 415.517.4147 or edemerritt@baaqmd.gov Air District launches Cali forni a’s first Clean Air ...