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The AIRE Collaborative aims to establish a common foundation for community-engaged air emissions reduction strategies and scientifically-accurate air monitoring with environmental justice communitiesin California.
We believe that everyone has the right to clean and healthy air.
The Allies in Reducing Emissions (AIRE) Collaborative is a collaborative of environmental justice organizations that have decades of experience monitoring and reducing emissions in communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution in California. Members of AIRE have years of grassroots experience implementing innovative approaches that improve public health by responding to environmental risks, threats, and hazards. AIRE members are leaders in the design and implementation of air monitoring networks that produce local level air quality information to inform actions to protect health. Affected communities and AIRE partners have used this information to advocate for policies that reduce emissions and exposure to air pollution.
The AIRE Collaborative was formed to coordinate local community-based efforts in developing a statewide strategy for applying to, and leading, the process of AB 617 implementation.
AB 617 (C. Garcia, Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017)(AB 617) seeks to ensure that all Californians benefit equitably from our State’s air quality and climate efforts, especially those who live in the areas of California most severely impacted by air pollution. This statewide effort includes community air monitoring and community emissions reduction programs.
AIRE’s goal is to unify community-led efforts to establish community air monitoring networks and projects to inform policy implementation by local air districts, the California Air Resources Board, and the State Legislature.
The AIRE Collaborative is comprised of the following community-based organizations:
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