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Coaster on tracks Credit: courtesy of North County Transit District

All Aboard: APCD Helps Coaster Train Riders Improve Air Quality

| 10:53 AM

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Thanks to a helping hand from the County’s Air Pollution Control District, train riders on the North County Transit District’s Coaster line are doing more to keep climate-changing, polluting greenhouse gases out of our air.

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Air Pollution Control District’s Kid’s Calendar Contest is Back

| 9:00 AM

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The “calend-air” contest is back! San Diego County’s Air Pollution Control District (APCD) is calling on local student artists to submit their original artwork illustrating the importance of clean air in the District’s 2021 Kids’ Calendar Contest.

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Students Invited to Get Creative Cutting Air Pollution

| 3:00 PM

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This fall, student artists can show what it means to be a part of the solution to air pollution. The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District is asking students to submit their artwork with clean air messages and ways people can help to reduce air pollution.

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County Offers $28.5M in Grants to Help Organizations Upgrade High-Polluting Vehicles and Equipment

| 3:50 PM

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The County of San Diego is inviting businesses, nonprofits and government organizations that currently use high-polluting heavy-duty equipment to apply for a share of $28.5 million in grant funding for greener vehicles, machinery and equipment.

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VIDEO: Monitoring Community Air Quality

| 2:14 PM

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The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District is leading the Community Air Protection Program to monitor air pollution within the state-identified disadvantaged communities of Barrio Logan, Logan Heights, Sherman Heights and parts of National City.