KSTX Town Hall: Air Quality

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June 25, 2009 · With the arrival of summer and triple-digit temperatures come the Air Quality Health Alert days that are becoming all too frequent in San Antonio. The city is teetering on earning a non-attainment designation from the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to meet federal standards on ambient air quality.  Many air quality experts and government officials agree that the area will earn that status before summer’s end, leading to costly consequences for our government and citizens.

What can ordinary citizens to do reduce air pollution and what is our government doing to avoid such a potentially costly designation from the federal government? This inaugural KSTX Town Hall was held on June 25, 2009 at the Buena Vista Theater on the UTSA Downtown campus.  The panel on air quality was gathered as part of the Green by Texas Public Radio initiative, a year-round focus on sustainability issues affecting San Antonio and the surrounding community.

Panelists

Peter Bella — Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG)
Dr. John Merrifield — UTSA Professor of Economics
Kyle Cunningham, RS — Public Center for Environmental Health
Kim R. Stoker — CPS Energy

>> Learn more about environmental issues at Green by Texas Public Radio.