What is the Spare the Air program and who’s involved?
Spare the Air was established by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, in 1991, to reduce air pollution and provide advance notice when a “bad air day” -a day when air quality is forecast to exceed federal standards- is likely to occur. Because most air pollution is preventable, Spare the Air is focused on educating the public and promoting changes in behavior that will help prevent poor air quality.
Spare the Air was established by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, in 1991, to reduce air pollution and provide advance notice when a “bad air day” -a day when air quality is forecast to exceed federal standards- is likely to occur. Because most air pollution is preventable, Spare the Air is focused on educating the public and promoting changes in behavior that will help prevent poor air quality. The program reaches out to several audiences: • AirAlert is an email service that informs the public the day before a Spare the Air day is predicted to occur. It encourages Bay Area residents to modify their behavior to prevent, or at least reduce, the anticipated bad air and gives advance notice to people with respiratory sensitivities, such as asthma or emphysema. Click here for more information, or to sign up to receive your own AirAlerts. • The Employer Program provides more than 2,100 businesses with free tools to help them educate employees about pollution prevention and advi
