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Air Quality

• Air Care   
  [last updated: Jun 19/09]

  Vehicle emissions testing program for Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
  contact: In Greater Vancouver: 604-433-5633
  In Chilliwack, Rosedale, Sardis, Agassiz and Harrison call: 604-795-4546
  In Mission and Abbotsford call: 604-820-2226
  website: www.aircare.ca
  
  

• Air Quality Index Reporting System - Lower Fraser Valley   
  [last updated: Jun 9/09]

  Provides current air quality conditions for the Metro Vancouver.
  website: www.gvrd.bc.ca/aqi/
  
  

• Air Quality Information from Environment Canada   
  [last updated: Jun 17/09]

  Current Air Quality as well as Air Quality Forecasts and Advisories for British Columbia are available on this website year-round.
  website: www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/aq_smog/BC/BC_e.cfm
  
  

• BC Lung Association   
  [last updated: Jun 19/09]

  Works for improved air quality in BC and provides information on lung related health issues.
  contact: Lower Mainland: 604-731-LUNG (5864)
  Outside the Lower Mainland: 1-800-665-LUNG (5864)
  Fax: 604-731-5810
  email: info@bc.lung.ca
  website: www.bc.lung.ca/
  
  

• BC Ministry of Environment   
  [last updated: Jul 23/09]

  The general responsibilities of the BC Ministry of Environment are: - Environmental protection of water, land and air quality including climate change and environmental emergencies - Environmental stewardship of biodiversity, including wildlife, fish and protected areas - Park and wildlife recreation management, including hunting, angling, park recreation, and wildlife viewing - Environmental monitoring and enforcement including the Conservation Officer Service, and State of Environment reporting
  contact: In Vancouver call: 604 660-2421
  Elsewhere in B.C. call: 1 800 663-7867
  Outside B.C. call: 604 660-2421
  
  
  email: EnquiryBC@gov.bc.ca
  website: www.gov.bc.ca/env/
  
  

• Clean Air Auto Loan - Citizens Bank   
  [last updated: Jul 8/09]

  Citizens Bank offers members a reduced interest loan of up to $35,000 to purchase eligible new vehicles that produce significantly lower CO2 emissions than the average.
  contact: Local phone: 604-708-7800
  Toll-free phone: 1-888-708-7800
  Telephone device for the deaf: 1-888-702-7702
  Local fax: 604-708-7858
  Toll-free fax: 1-888-708-7858
  Telephone Banking: 1-888-708-7888
  website: www.citizensbank.ca/Personal/Products/LoansLinesofCredit/CleanAirAutoLoan/
  
  

• Clean Air Auto Loan - Vancity   
  [last updated: Jun 19/09]

  To help offset the higher purchase cost of hybrid vehicles VanCity offers members preferential loan rates for eligible vehicles.
  contact: 604-877-7000
  1-888-826-2489
  website: www.vancity.com/Loans/CleanAirAutoLoan/
  
  

• Clean Air Canada Society   
  [last updated: Jun 17/09]

  Managed by students at the UVic Environmental Law Centre, this website is described as "a place for concerned Canadians to learn more about the air pollution, to share information and strategies, and coordinate efforts to protect our air."
  website: www.cleanair.ca
  
  

• ecoEnergy for Personal Vehicles   
  [last updated: Jun 17/09]

  The ecoEnergy for Personal Vehicles Program provides Canadian motorists with helpful tips on buying, driving and maintaining their vehicles to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing fuel consumption means saving money and, more importantly, helping the environment.
  website: www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal-vehicles-initiative.cfm?attr=0
  
  

• Georgia Basin/ Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy   
  [last updated: Jun 17/09]

  The Georgia Basin / Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy is a multi-agency, international co-operative effort to address shared air quality management concerns. These include impacts to human and environmental health specific to this cross-border region. This strategy also aims to prevent future deterioration of air quality in a region projected to experience a significant population growth over the next two decades.
  website: www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/airshed/index_e.htm
  
  

• Indoor Air Quality - Health Canada   
  [last updated: Jun 17/09]

  This Health Canada Site has information on the origins of indoor air pollutants, exposure guidelines and how to reduce exposure.
  website: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/air/in/index-eng.php
  
  

• Metro Vancouver Air Quality Complaints Line   
  [last updated: Jun 17/09]

  Metro Vancouver Regulation and Enforcement Division operates a complaint line for anyone wanting to complain about air quality. The line operates 24-hours per day but is answered by staff and on-call officers between 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Calls outside of these hours go to an answering service and are responded to the next working day. If you call the line, please include: a description of the problem (including when it was noticed), the source of the air emissions (if known), the length of time the problem lasted, wind speed and direction (if possible).
  contact: 604-436-6777
  email: regulationenforcement@metrovancouver.org
  website: www.metrovancouver.org/services/air/Pages/default.aspx