The Canary Coalition is a community-based citizen's group and is not affiliated with any government agency. We will do our best to work together with all related organizations to help improve air quality for everyone in our region. We recommend you also visit the following organizations involved with clean air advocacy. Links to these sites do not imply that these organizations have endorsed the efforts or activities of the Canary Coalition or that there is any organizational tie with the Canary Coalition. These links have been placed on this website only because the Canary Coalition considers them to be valuable sources of information related to air quality issues. We always welcome your comments and suggestions!

Call toll free 866-4CANARY

WNC Alliance
Mountain Clean Air
Task Force
www.wnca.org
For information on
air pollution and
improving air quality.
(828) 258-8737
nivey@macon.main.nc.us

Clean Air Campaign
click here for info
Asheville, NC and
surrounding area.
(828) 251-6622
cleanair@landofsky.org

Southern
Appalachian
Mountains
Initiative
www.saminet.org
(828) 251-6889

WNC Regional
Air Pollution
Control Agency
www.wncair.org
(828) 255-5655

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
www.bredl.org

Appalachian Voices
Protecting and restoring the fragile and threatened native ecosystems of the Appalachian Mountains from Alabama to Maine.
www.appvoices.org

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) is a Western North Carolina community-based collaborative focused on sustaining farms and rural communities through an integrated action program of farmland protection, sustainable production systems, policy development, and promotion.
www.asapconnections.org

Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project
www.sabp.org

Sierra Club
North Carolina Chapter
www.sierraclub-nc.org

www.nccleansmokestacks.org

M@IN - Mountain Area Information Network

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Alliance To Save Energy

Clean Air Act Information Network

Clean Air Now Campaign

Clean Air Trust
Incorporated in 1995 as a 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization by former Senators Edmund Muskie of Maine and Robert Stafford of Vermont. The Trust was created to educate the public and policymakers about the value of the Clean Air Act, to promote effective enforcement of the Act through grassroots education, and to defend the Act against attack by special interest polluters.

Common Sense at the Nuclear Crossroads
"Common Sense at the Nuclear Crossroads is a grassroots group based in Asheville, NC. It focuses on the transport of radioactive materials and nuclear industries in the Southeast."

For My World - Down To Earth. Close To Home.
Brought to you by Environmental Defense, National Wildlife Federation, and other non-profit partners.

Environmental Defense
National environmental advocacy group (800) 684-3322

Environmental News Network

Georgia's AirKeeper Campaign

Jackson County Community Health Link

Liza's Reef 

An art and science-based website dedicated to environmental defense.

National Resources Defense Council

National Wildlife Federation

Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)

Save Our Environment - Action Center
A collaborative effort of the nation's most influential environmental advocacy organizations harnessing the power of the internet to increase public awareness and activism on today's most important environmental issues.

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

Smart Growth Partners of Western North Carolina
A grassroots non-profit organization working to achieve livable, healthy, and economically robust communities through compact and orderly development and redevelopment.

Sustainable Asheville Area Network

The Virginia Wind Environmental Working Group

WNC Barter Exchange

Here are links to related government sites:

U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Forests in North Carolina

U.S.D.A. Southern Research Station

Blue Ridge Parkway

National Park and Fish & Wildlife Services
AirWeb Protecting Air Quality

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Air Pollution - Office of Air and Radiation

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