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The Center for Environmental Filmmaking has partnered with the American Lung Association and the Center for Environmental Policy to assemble these resources for educators, advocates and families who want to know more about the importance of healthy air and how to join the fight for it. We will continue to add resources over time.
Air Quality and COVID-19
Webinar and Speaker Presentations
"Recent research suggests that individuals who have faced long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and underlying health conditions face higher rates of COVID-19 illness and mortality. Research has also shown that people of color, particularly African Americans, face greater than average risks from the health impacts of both air pollution and COVID-19."
Check out this webinar for further information and research findings.
Resources to Fight for Healthy Air
Raise Your Voice
Raise your voice to protect health from air pollution and climate change with the American Lung Association's .Ìý
Here are ways you can make a difference today:
- Sign this petition calling for stronger limits on ozone and particle pollution.
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- about how air pollution affects you.Ìý
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Learn More
Learn more about how air pollution and climate change affect health.
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- Find out about the air quality in your own community with the .
- Read up on the key moments that led to real change in our blog: .
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Are you a health or medical professional interested in safeguarding healthy air for your patients? is a great resource to learn more about resources and opportunities specifically for health professionals looking to get involved!
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Environmental Justice Resources
As we seek for communities harmed by climate change or poor air quality, we also must promote and seek racial justice. To help our community build an understanding of these issues, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Office of Sustainability hasÌýcompiled a toolkit of recommended readings, podcasts, films, case studies, and more. Click here to access it.
MWCOG Environmental Justice Toolkit
Guidance to policymakers on incorporating social equity, cultural sensitivity, and community health considerations into air quality, climate, and energy planning.
Clean Air Act Resources
Summary of the Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources. Among other things, this law authorizes EPA to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect public health and public welfare and to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants. For more information on the Clean Air Act visit the .
Clean Air Act and Healthy Air
The United States adopted the in 1970 to protect our health from dirty, dangerous air. Thanks to that law, cities throughout the nation have cleaner air. Yet, science tells us that too many cities still have dangerous levels of air pollution. push the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set and enforce strong pollution limits. We fight in the courts to enforce laws designed to make the air cleaner. And we advocate in Congress to protect these legal tools from people who want to make them weaker.Ìý
Clean Air Act Timeline
Prior to the Clean Air Act being signed into law in 1970, there were many areas of the country suffering from poor air conditions. walks through what significant events led up to the Clean Air Act being signed into law and what has taken place since then.