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Clean Air Allies 2025-2026 Youth IAQ Video Contest
Winners Announced

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Clean Air Allies is proud to announce the winners of our 2025-2026 Youth IAQ Video Contest: It’s Time to Care about School Indoor Air:

Luke Szigety (First Place)

Jillian Yahne (Second Place)

Edith Dawson (Third Place)

We invite you to watch their videos!

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Clean Air Allies Resource Summary:
The CDC’s Guidance for Preventing Infections in K-12 Schools

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This new resource from Clean Air Allies summarizes the CDC’s Guidance for Preventing Infections in K-12 Schools.

It aims to help school leaders, staff, families, and community partners make school environments safer, including by taking steps for cleaner air.

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Clean Air Allies Fact Sheet:
CO v. CO2

CO v. CO2 DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE? Both are colorless, odorless, tasteless gases. Both can be monitored using sensors. Both matter for indoor air quality (IAQ). BUT THEY’RE NOT THE SAME. Read Clean Air Allies’ fact sheet to learn more. It also includes a list of helpful resources to clear up the CO v. CO2 confusion for clean air across the board. Click on this image to go to the fact sheet! Image of Clean Air Allies fact sheet: "Co v. CO2"

People often mix up carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2).

Both matter for school indoor air quality (IAQ). Plus, their names sound similar. But CO and CO2 are different, with different implications.

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Clean Air Allies U.S. Nationwide Youth IAQ Video Contest
Opens for Entries November 15

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Contest entries will be accepted between November 15, 2025, and January 12, 2026.

We’re so excited to amplify youth voices, make school indoor air visible to more people, and raise awareness about why school indoor air quality (IAQ) matters.

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Clean Air Allies Releases Fact Sheet:
Why Care about School Indoor Air?

New Fact Sheet: Why Care About School Indoor Air? In time for the start of the 2025-2026 school year, Clean Air Allies is happy to share “Why Care about School Indoor Air?” a concise 1-page introduction to: indoor air quality (IAQ), why IAQ at school matters, things schools can do to improve IAQ. It also includes a list of helpful school IAQ resources from the EPA, CDC, and more. This is the first in a series of upcoming fact sheets from Clean Air Allies. You can read it now by clicking on this image. Image of "Why Care about School Indoor Air?"

Poor IAQ at school limits students’ and staff’s ability to reach their full potential.

Let’s ensure that students and staff have the clean air that they need to thrive at school!

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Clean Air Allies Invites You to Look for
a Williams Notice in Your California Classroom

JOIN WITH US! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! In 2025, Clean Air Allies is celebrating the anniversary of Williams v. California, a lawsuit brought against the State in 2000 by around 100 schoolchildren. You are invited to join us in learning more about this important case, the rights and responsibilities its settlement created that continue to this day, and how we can use them to advocate for better indoor air quality (IAQ) in California schools. You can click on this image to learn more. Image of Find the Notice in Your Classroom.

State-required Williams Notice: School facilities must be clean, safe, and maintained in good repair.

Clean Air Allies: This should mean that there must be clean air, in every classroom.

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