Automobile Emissions: An Overview

– U.S. EPA fact sheet.
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Bay Area Air Quality Management District

– The BAAQMD (District) is the regional, government agency that regulates sources of air pollution within the nine San Francisco Bay Area Counties.

California Air Resources Board

– CA air regulations, CA Almanac of Emissions and Air Quality, air emissions modeling, the gasoline additive MTBE, information on reducing air pollution from marine engines, and management of smoke from agricultural burning.

Clean Air Canada

– Up to date information on air quality issues in Canada. Including environmental law and policy, motor vehicle emissions and industrial sources of pollution. Maintained by students at the Environment Law Centre, University of Victoria.

Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand

– Focus is air quality and the mechanics of air pollution. Information about publications, training courses, conferences, and seminars.

Clean Air Task Force

– A nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring clean air and healthy environments in the United States through scientific research, public education, and legal advocacy.

DataFed Wiki: Air Quality Datasets

– Provides standard interfaces to heterogeneous distributed air quality data, aids data analysis with web services and tools and gathers user-provided metadata and feedback.

Denver Vehicle Emissions Testing Program

– Describes the mandatory vehicle emissions testing program in the Denver-Boulder area of Colorado, including maps to emissions stations, testing requirements, help for failing vehicles and tips to keep from becoming a gross polluter.

DieselNet: Diesel Emissions Online

– Information service on diesel exhaust emissions, emission control technologies, diesel engines, fuels, and related topics.

EDF Chemical Scorecard

– Toxic Release Inventory data for the US (emissions of toxic chemicals to air and water). Search for data on toxic chemicals in your community. Also provides information on human health effects.

Environment Canada: National Pollutant Release Inventory

– Information about releases of pollutants into the air, the water and on land. In English and French.

Environmental Expert.com

– Presents free accessible articles, publications, events, software, technological solutions and web resources for Air Pollution Control.

Environmental Software and Modelling Group, Technical University of Madrid

– Conducts research in measurement and modelling of air quality, including air quality prediction.

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Data Center

– The site contains vehicle emissions databases and reports remotely collected from in-use vehicles since 1987 from around the world. Data sets include cars, light-trucks, heavy-duty trucks, jet aircraft, locomotives and snowmobiles.

History of the Clean Air Act

– Recounts the historical development of United States air quality statutes and regulations, including an introduction to the technical concepts involved.

Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium

– Provides technical assessments on ozone and other problems of air quality in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Data and modeling reports available online.

NOAA – Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division

– National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration laboratory research activities are divided into three themes: Air Quality, Emergency Preparedness, and Climate Variability. Each encompasses a number of programs and projects.

National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory – U.S. EPA

– Federal Government’s principal program to control air pollution from motor vehicles. Primary responsibilities include developing programs to reduce mobile source related air pollution; evaluating emission control technology; testing vehicles, engines, and fuels; and determining compliance with Federal emissions and fuel economy standards.

Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS)

– Includes global, five day forecasts of dust, smoke and sulfate aerosols as well as comparison with satellite analyses.

Netherlands National Air Quality Monitoring Network

– A division of RIVM, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment. Up-to-date, hourly information about air quality in The Netherlands.