How Do We Improve Our Air Quality?

Join us for the next Clean Air Board community meeting.  We will hold a public forum on:  How Do We Improve Our Air Quality? We will engage in the discussion started by the Carlisle Sentinel about what measures can be taken to improve our air quality.   Bring your ideas and suggestions.

The Clean Air Board meets on May 2,  7 pm  at the Second Presbyterian Church, 528 Garland Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013  For directions:  
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Clean Air Board Community Meeting, March 7, 2013, 7 pm

“Looking Forward to Clean Air”

CAB will look at new developments under the federal Clean Air Act and under state regulations.  Arleen Shulman, former air resources planning chief at the state Department of Environmental Protection will speak to the board.

This meeting will be held at the Second Presbyterian Church, 528 Garland Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013, on March 7,  at 7 pm.   Join us for a discussion of this important topic.

Clean Air Board Community Meeting, Sept. 1, 2011, 7 pm

“Is IdleAir Making a Comeback in Central Pennsylvania?”

Cynthia Perthuis will provide an update about efforts to restore IdleAir service to central Pennsylvania.  IdleAir allows truck drivers to turn off their diesel engines and still enjoy heating, cooling, standard electric inside and outside the cab.

The presentation will be held at the Second Presbyterian Church, 528 Garland Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013, on Sept. 1, at 7 pm.   Join us for a discussion of this important topic and other air quality issues.

Read the article in the Carlisle Sentinel: 
http://www.cumberlink.com/news/local/article_4155fee2-d511-11e0-93e9-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story

Clean Air Board Community Meeting, June 2, 2011, 7 pm

“Reducing Diesel Particulate Emissions from Construction Projects”

CAB will look at successful projects which reduced particulate emissions from diesel engines at construction sites.

The presentation will be held at the Second Presbyterian Church, 528 Garland Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013, on June 2, at 7 pm.   Join us for a discussion of this important topic.

Mercury pollution concern grows in Pennsylvania

Op-Ed by Tami Davis Biddle

Pennsylvanians face a continuing risk from mercury pollution. The Keystone and Conemaugh coal- fired power plants, both in Pennsylvania, are the second- and fourth-highest mercury emitters in the nation. In addition, Pennsylvanians feel the effects of other mercury polluters in neighboring states, including Ohio and West Virginia.

More than one-third of all the mercury pollution from power plants in the U.S. comes from plants in Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. All this puts our state residents at risk of exposure to mercury, a substance that the American Medical Association has called “a global pollutant, a major contaminant in the marine food supply, a serious neurotoxin, particularly in the developing fetus and possibly a promoter of cardiovascular disease.”

Read more at PennLive.com:
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/03/mercury_pollution_concern_grow.html

Clean Air Board honored by Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited

CAB was honored Saturday by the Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

CVTU held its annual Limestoner Conservation Banquet at Carlisle Barracks.

The coldwater conservation organization presented CAB  with its 2011 Limestoner Award, an honor recognizing the board’s “dedication and outstanding contributions toward the promotion of improving air quality to protect health and quality of life by reducing particulate matter fallout in our natural watershed and our precious cold water resources.”

For more information, go to the Carlisle Sentinel:
http://www.cumberlink.com/news/local/article_41c80f54-5150-11e0-a2e2-001cc4c03286.html