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State Government Air quality and pollution
Information on regulations, strategies, policies and plans to reduce air pollution, and to monitor air quality in Tasmania. Includes details of the Tasmanian Air Quality Strategy
State Government Air quality in Tasmania: An Education Resource
An education resource that aims to support teachers' and students' understanding about air quality issues specific to Tasmania. Investigations, experiments, activities and research opportunities are linked to the Tasmanian Curriculum Framework for secondary students
Local Government Brighton Council: environmental health
Information on Brighton Council's food hygiene training, immunisation clinics, and by-laws controlling noise, incinerators, burning-off and wood heaters
Commonwealth Government Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
Located in remote north-western Tasmania, the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station provides vital information about changes to the atmospheric composition of the Southern Hemisphere
Commonwealth Government Cape Grim Greenhouse Gas Data (CSIRO)
Website showing data collected over the last 35 years by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology at the Air Pollution station at Cape Grim, Tasmania. It demonstrates how levels of greenhouse gases have been changing each month
Local Government Environmental pollution (Launceston City Council)
Links to information on air, noise and water pollution issues in Launceston. Includes details of the Woodheater Replacement Program
Local Government Glamorgan Spring Bay Council: environmental health
Information on the Glamorgan Spring Bay's weed management plans, burning-off, plant species in the municipality
Local Government Hobart City Council: Environmental Health
Links to Council regulations and restrictions on excessive noise, heat-pump noise, air pollution, storm water, vermin, wasps and snakes in residential areas
Local Government Launceston Woodheater Replacement Program
Details of Launceston City Council's program to encourage the replacement of older, polluting woodheaters with a cleaner form of heating, in order to improve Launceston's air quality. Householders are offered a $500 grant towards the cost of the replacement
State Government Real-time air quality data for Tasmania
An interactive map that presents the most recently available real-time indicative particle concentration data for the Tasmania air quality monitoring stations at Hobart, Launceston and Rowella as well as the new BLANkET stations distributed around the state
State Government Reducing air pollution
Links to a range of information to assist Tasmanians to reduce air pollution, including improving woodheater use and making homes energy efficient
State Government Wood smoke, air quality, your health
In an online partnership between Tasmania’s public health experts and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), precautionary health advice will be activated on a dedicated website when smoke levels are elevated for just one hour

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