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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Wednesday.
Air district officials are encouraging Bay Area residents to try to drive less, take public transportation and limit home energy use to reduce pollution levels.
“Air quality is expected to be unhealthy again in the Bay Area,” air district executive officer Jack Broadbent said in a statement. “Hot temperatures and tailpipe exhaust contribute to unhealthy smog so it is important that we all reduce our energy use every day and take precautions to protect our health.”
The region is expected to see high temperatures reach the upper 60s to mid 70s at the coast and upper 80s to mid 90s inland, according to the National Weather Service. Winds are predicted to be between 5 and 20 mph.
There will be no free transit on Wednesday, officials said.
This is the fourth Spare the Air alert for smog in 2011.
For more information about the Spare the Air program, visit www.sparetheair.org.
This is embarrassing in so many ways.
Better this than attempting to curtail Americans’ freedom to pollute as they damn well please. Bring back the Hummer!
Good I was planning to mow my lawn this afternoon anyway.
my contribution today will be to eat a tasty chicken pot pie…HOORAY! with a cold beet salad…tee hee hee, tee hee hee…
My contribution was to “walk” to the grocery store (union friendly Safeway, of course) and purchase alcohol & cigs with my EBT card. Thank you Jerry Brown and all my new found democrat friends up in Sacramento. What a great day I had, smoking & drinking & watching my other good friend Jerry (Springer). Gooooo Green!!