SAN DIEGO–This fall, student artists can show what it means to be a part of the solution to air pollution. The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District is asking students to submit their artwork with clean air messages and ways people can help to reduce air pollution. The art can include words and messages […]
County Air District Receives $2.5 Million For Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhoods
SAN DIEGO–The County’s Air Pollution Control District has received $2.5 million from the California Air Resources Board to help conduct air pollution monitoring in the district’s Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhoods community. With the funding, the district will for the first time monitor the ambient air quality in Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Sherman Heights and parts […]
New Legislation Calls For Reform Of San Diego Air Pollution Control District
SAN DIEGO–California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to reform the governing board of the San Diego Air Pollution Control District (APCD). The bill, AB 423, sponsored by the Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), will change the board’s membership to better represent the diversity of San Diego’s residents. “All communities deserve to breathe clean […]
Local Students Are Air Aces
SAN DIEGO–Four hundred and fifty-two student artists from around San Diego county—the most ever—submitted their personal artwork to the County Air Pollution Control District’s (APCD) 2019 calendar contest to show the importance of clean air and how San Diego county can all fight air pollution. Thirteen works of art were selected by APCD judges to […]