Climate Change Resources for Community Health
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Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) Air Programs
This website provides valuable information information and facts on regulations for AFOs and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) related to air programs. Including on the sources and management of odors from raising large scale livestock production, such as hog, cattle, dairy, sheep, and poultry farms, that congregate animals, feed, waste, and production operations on a small land area. -
Climate Change
Learn more about how greenhouse gases contribute to climate change -
Diesel Exhaust and School Bus Idling
Anti-idling policies are a cost-effective, common sense way to reduce diesel pollution, and they are easy to implement. By reducing the amount of time that buses idle, school bus fleets will use less fuel, save money, and help clean the air. -
Diesel Exhaust in the United States
This fact sheet provides an overview of diesel exhaust health effects and options for reducing pollution from diesel vehicles. -
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Low-Income Communities
This page presents information resources for state and local governments and other organizations implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy programs to help them overcome barriers that often prevent effective delivery of such programs to low-income communities. -
Greenhouse Gase (GHG) Data Publication Tool
Explore facility emissions at the national, state or local level. -
Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Access greenhouse gas reporting program data sets -
Indoor Air Pollution Information Gateway
This page provides a gateway to a variety of information on indoor air pollutants and sources. The links on this page will help you learn about the wide variety of pollutants that may affect indoor air, where they come from, the types of health effects they may cause, and the types of things that can be done to address the problem. -
Local Climate Action Framework: An Implementation Guide
This implementation guide provides step-by-step guidance and resources for local governments to plan, implement, and evaluate climate, energy, and sustainability projects and programs. -
Mobility Management Strategies: Land Use Planning
This website provides information and links to additional information on how the physical characteristics and patterns of land development in a region can affect air quality by influencing the travel mode choices available to citizens. Certain types of development patterns necessitate the use of personal cars and trucks for travel. This site contains various information linking the three factors. -
Office of Transportation and Air Quality's Consumer Information
This website provides information on what consumers can do to reduce mobile source air toxics emissions. It also provides links to a variety of fact sheets on pollutants from mobile source emissions and key topics related to transportation and air quality -
Strategies for Sustainable Communities: A Guidebook Based on California Community Types
Helps local governments determine what combination of greenhouse gas reduction strategies, smart growth practices, and sustainability policies are best for their type of community. Developed for California but can be a model for other places. -
Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources
This training module is designed to increase understanding of the causes of climate change, its potential impacts on water resources, and the challenges water resource managers are facing. -
What You Can Do
Tips for consumers on driving patterns and maintenance that will reduce pollution from their vehicles.