Air Quality Regulatory Agencies
This Federal agency was founded in 1970 while it's California State equivalent was founded in 1991.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency
PM
What is Particulate Matter
Gus and Najorae from this organization spoke to us about community organizing, basebuilding, and tactics.
What is Communities for A Better Environment?
What are Diesel Trucks?
Also accept: Semi, Big Rigs, Freight Trucks
Approximately how many trees are in Oakland?
Around 200,000! "A 2020 survey found that about 21% of the city is covered with trees, a higher percentage than in San Francisco. But as in many cities, the distribution of tree cover is unequal: Poorer areas and those with higher residential density tend to have fewer trees, while wealthy areas tend to have more."
There are 35 of these State Agencies in California and they are all delegated to monitor pollution and create local policy around air quality.
What are Air Districts?
AQI
What is the Air Quality Index
Tim was our first guest speaker and spoke to use about sources of pollution, regulatory agencies, and his work on behalf of what group?
What is the Bay Air Center?
This pollutant is often emitted from motor vehicles, power plants, and most commonly, wildfires
What is Carbon Monoxide (CO)?
How many official State air monitors can be found in all of Oakland?
Only 3 monitors from CARB exist in the entire city!
Though we have a localized agency, this group regulates air quality throughout the entire State.
What is the California Air Resources Board?
BAAQMD
What is Bay Area Air Quality Management District?
Our friends from the City of Oakland Planning Department explained to us that the new General Plan includes this new element that addresses concerns such as air quality, zoning issues, and climate resilience
What is the Environmental Justice Element?
Though many pollutants can enter the home through windows and doors, this kitchen appliance is a major source of indoor air pollution (make sure you're ventilating when you cook!)
What is a gas stove or oven?
What percentage of children in Oakland have asthma?
"In Oakland, nearly 14% of children had asthma in 2020, according to a state survey, and asthma is a leading cause of absenteeism from schools"
True or False: The City of Oakland has its own air quality staff that make decisions on local air quality policies.
False!
CAEOP
What is Clean Air East Oakland Plan
Leander and Eva from The Greenlining Institute taught us about policy, local government, and this term which shows us how to determine who in our political spheres have influence in policy decisions.
What is Power Mapping?
This pollutant can be found in both the atmosphere and at groundlevel.
What is Ozone?
How many years longer are residents in the Oakland hills expected to live compared to flatland residents?
About 7 years!