Pollution Prevention (P2) Branch

Air Quality Section Links

Links to our partners and to other sites with useful air-related information 

• The Environment Canada Emission Inventory site has links to various national emission inventories for air contaminants (e.g., Common Air Contaminants, Greenhouse Gases, The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI), etc.)
• The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) web site has a description of the national Canada-Wide Standards (CWS) development process, a listing of the substances for which development of standards is currently underway, and current status report.
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Technology Transfer Network (TTN) has extensive information on emission factors, air dispersion models, US EPA programs, links to state agencies, etc.
• The United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) provides Toxic Fact Sheets summarizing the toxicological effects for various chemicals.
• The United States Environmental Protection Agency Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database provides extensive toxicological information on chemical contaminants.
• The following Canadian federal sites address climate change and global warming issues:
  
• Office of Energy Efficiency
• Government of Canada Global Climate Change Site
  
• The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security in Oakland California has developed a selective listing of online resources on global climate change