Campaign For Clean Air News 2010 Campaign For Clean Air News Items http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/ en Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:00 -0400 Contao Open Source CMS NC 10 Percent Campaign Encourages Purchase of Local Foods Support for a statewide campaign encouraging consumers to spend 10 percent of their existing food dollars with local food producers, related business and communities is quickly approaching $15 million.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/nc-10-percent-campaign-encourages-purchase-of-local-foods.html Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/nc-10-percent-campaign-encourages-purchase-of-local-foods.html Burts’ Bees’ Gas Cap Check Has Positive Results The Center for the Environment checked 81 vehicles for leaking gas caps April 27 during Burt’s Bees’ Earth Day Huddle at its distribution center in Cary.  The Center’s Campaign for Clean Air staff found only three caps that leaked and replaced them free of charge.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/burts-bees-gas-cap-check-has-positive-results.html Mon, 07 May 2012 10:59:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/burts-bees-gas-cap-check-has-positive-results.html Rowan, Mecklenburg Air Quality Improves but Still Gets ‘F’ Our air is cleaner, but it’s still not clean enough.

Rowan and Mecklenburg County are no longer listed in the top 25 most ozone-polluted counties in the nation, as they have been in recent years, but both still received a grade of “F” in the recently released American Lung Association (ALA) 2012 State of the Air Report.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/rowan-mecklenburg-air-quality-improves-but-still-gets-f.html Mon, 07 May 2012 10:57:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/rowan-mecklenburg-air-quality-improves-but-still-gets-f.html EPA to Award $20 Million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Later this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Clean Diesel Campaign will award approximately $20 million in grants to reduce diesel emissions.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/epa-to-award-20-million-for-diesel-emissions-reduction.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:10:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/epa-to-award-20-million-for-diesel-emissions-reduction.html Raleigh a National Leader in Promoting Electric Vehicles When it comes to electric vehicles, Raleigh is not only leading the state of North Carolina. It was one of three cities in the nation selected four years ago to set the trend in preparing for the new mode of transportation.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/raleigh-a-national-leader-in-promoting-electric-vehicles.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/raleigh-a-national-leader-in-promoting-electric-vehicles.html Local Restaurants Make Effort to Serve Local Foods More and more restaurants in Rowan and Cabarrus counties are making efforts to serve locally grown food.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/local-restaurants-make-effort-to-serve-local-foods.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:54:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/local-restaurants-make-effort-to-serve-local-foods.html Bread Riot Connects Farmers with People Who Want Local Foods A Rowan County local food advocacy group helps connect farmers with people who want to buy locally grown food, thereby boosting the local economy and improving air quality by reducing the amount of fuel emissions released when transporting food longer distances.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/bread-riot-connects-farmers-with-people-who-want-local-foods.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:52:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/bread-riot-connects-farmers-with-people-who-want-local-foods.html Center for Environment Wins N.C. Mobile CARE Award The Center for the Environment at Catawba College received one of four 2012 N.C. Mobile Clean Air Renewable Energy (CARE) Awards from the N.C. Solar Center/N.C. State University on April 20 at the 9th Annual Sustainable Energy Conference in Raleigh. The Center’s Campaign for Clean Air was the winner in the Policy/Organization Innovation category.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/center-for-environment-wins-nc-mobile-care-award.html Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:51:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/center-for-environment-wins-nc-mobile-care-award.html State Receives Grant for Plug-in Electric Vehicles & Charging Stations North Carolina is one of 16 states to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for plug-in electric vehicles and charging stations.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/state-receives-grant-for-plug-in-electric-vehicles-charging-stations.html Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:36:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/state-receives-grant-for-plug-in-electric-vehicles-charging-stations.html Public Meeting for Those Interested in Promoting Bicycling Rowan County bicyclists and representatives of agencies or groups interested in promoting bicycling are invited to attend a public meeting in Salisbury March 29 on the proposed Central Park Bicycle Plan, N.C.

]]> http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/public-meeting-for-those-interested-in-promoting-bicycling.html Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:52:00 -0400 http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/public-meeting-for-those-interested-in-promoting-bicycling.html