A public/private initiative to voluntarily improve air quality in the Chicago metropolitan region
what can I do to help...
learn cost effective ways to reduce smog causing emissions.
continue your everyday life and still help reduce dangerous ozone levels.
leading by example, exercising your authority, and influencing economic development and land use decisions.
News
- EPA Delays Release of Final Ozone Standards 08/23/2010
- Hanover Park wins Clean Air Counts award 08/24/2010
- Hoffman Estates receives awards for environmental stewardship 08/19/2010
- Clean Air Counts member Morton Arboretum hosts world tree climbing championship 07/23/2010
- Gold Level Clean Air Counts Member Hoffman Estates Puts Emphasis on Green with New Police Station 07/23/2010
- Clean Air Counts member, Portion Pac Chemical Corporation on Chicago Tonight 07/14/2010
- City of Countryside achieves Silver Level Participation in Clean Air Counts 06/25/10
- House Hunting by Bicycle--Another Way to Reduce Air Pollution 06/25/10
- U.S. Department of Energy Creates Volume Purchase program for R-5 Windows. 06/21/2010
- Buildings Compete to Work Off the Waste: EPA hosts first national building competition to improve energy efficiency 04/27/10
- Chicago’s New Anti-Idling Law04/21/10
- New Idling Gets You Nowhere Strategy Page posted 03/18/10
- Village of Homer Glen to Celebrate Earth Day on May 22 2/26/10
- Green Cleaning Presentations Posted from 2/24/10 Business Forum 2/26/10
- Reserve Signs for Your No Idling Zones 02/23/10
- Report Links Vehicle Exhaust to Health Problems 1/15/10
- EPA proposes strengthening the national ambient air quality standards(NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, the main component of smog follow link to proposal summary 01/06/10.
- EPA Unveils Stricter Smog Standards 1/7/10
- New Evanston buildings must go green, City plans 200 initiatives, including possible wind farm on lake 12/2/09
- Highland Park Green Initiatives Presentation11/19/09
- Clean Air Counts Policy Collection Revised10/27/09
- FREE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO CLEAN UP YOUR MUNCIPALITY’S DIESEL TRUCK AND CONSTRUCTION FLEET10/19/09
- Motorola workers tackle buckthorn as part of Global Day of Service10/15/09
- A solar-powered, $4,000, fully automated ... garbage can?10/08/09
- Walk to School Day big hit with kids, parents10/08/09
- CTA buses will get less idle time while out of service09/22/09
- September Newsletter09/02/09
- Get in on the new green economy09/2/09
Events
- September 20, 2010
September 20th is Car Free Day. Take the pledge to go car free at here.- September 23, 2010
Find out Find out what the Dutch already know! Please join us for a free symposium that brings Dutch transportation experts together with Chicago’s biking community to identify solutions to being more bikeable. Keynote address by Eric Gilliland, executive director of the National Association of the City Transportation Officials. Free with RSVP (required) www.activetrans.org/dutchbikeplan Go Dutch: Bicycling Strategies for Chicagoland. Thursday Sept. 23 8:30-10:30 a.m. James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph St., Chicago. To RSVP, click Here. - September 23, 2010
Welcome New Members
- Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
- Village of Lakewood
- Chicago Park District
- Village of Elburn
- Village of South Elgin
- Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
- Hayes Marketing