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Causes: Environment, Pollution Abatement & Control
Mission: To coordinate air quality planning and conduct educational activities in central
Programs: The clean air partners program currently consists of central texas businesses, organizations and government entities, representing over 110,000 regional employees. These partners pledge to voluntarily reduce ozone-causing emissions by 10% over a three-year period. The current program goal is to reduce air pollution in an amount equivalent to removing 15,000 commuters from our roads.
ozone alerts - throughout ozone season(april 1-ocotber 31st)the organization offers a free watch/warning e-mail notification service to participants when unhealthy levels of ozone are currently being measured (warning) or are forecast (watch). This allows central texans to make informed decisions regarding air pollution and its potential health effects. The e-mail alerts also encourage central texans to reduce their driving and postpone other polluting activities until late in the day when ozone