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Clean Air Allies Supports FAS State and Local Heat Policy Agenda, Joins Schools Working Group It’s only early July, and already in recent weeks, thousands of communities across the United States have seen all-time high temperature records, with more than 180 million Americans under extreme heat alerts last week. Extreme heat is an important indoor…

Clean Air Allies Publishes New School IAQ Brief on Measles and Indoor Air Quality With measles cases surging and schools set to reopen in the fall, Clean Air Allies has published a new resource, Measles in Schools: Indoor Air Quality as a Risk-Reduction Tool (June 2026). This is the first in a series of School…

Clean Air Allies Included in New GO IAQS for Schools Strategic Plan On May 18, GO AQS released the GO IAQS for Schools Strategic Plan, which includes Clean Air Allies as a supporting organization and features its “Why Care about School Indoor Air?” fact sheet as a resource. The strategic plan is intended to aid…

Coalition, including Clean Air Allies, Urges California Legislature to Save $194 Million in CalSHAPE Funding for School HVAC Upgrades Thirty-six organizations, including Clean Air Allies, have signed a coalition letter urging California legislative leaders to extend the CalSHAPE program and ensure that approximately $194 million in existing program funds reach schools. Clean Air Allies took…

Clean Air Allies Project Director JuNelle Harris Presents on School IAQ Policy at Community Action to Fight Asthma Virtual Summit May is National Asthma Awareness Month, and Clean Air Allies was honored to participate in the Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) Virtual Summit held on May 5-6, 2026. On May 6, Clean Air Allies…

New Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) by Dr. Richard Bruns for Clean Air Allies Estimates Average 30x Return on CalSHAPE School HVAC Upgrades Clean Air Allies has released “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of CalSHAPE School HVAC Upgrades,” by Dr. Richard Bruns, an economist specializing in cost-benefit analysis of public health policy. Using a Monte Carlo simulation, the analysis…

Clean Air Allies Mentioned in Orange County Register Article on Extreme Temperatures and Schools’ Need for HVAC Upgrades On April 19, 2026, the Orange County Register published “Nearly $200 million set aside in California to update school HVAC systems remains unspent,” which mentioned Clean Air Allies. The article focuses on the challenges faced by TK-12…

Winners Announced for the Clean Air Allies 2025–2026 Youth IAQ Video Contest: It’s Time to Care about School Indoor Air Clean Air Allies is delighted to announce the winners of the It’s Time to Care about School Indoor Air youth video contest, selected by an outstanding guest judge panel. The winners are: First Place: Luke…

Clean Air Allies Selected for Mockingbird Nonprofit Incubator Fall 2025 Cohort Clean Air Allies was selected to participate in the Mockingbird Nonprofit Incubator Fall 2025 Cohort, a competitive program that received more than 290 applications from nonprofits across the United States. Clean Air Allies was among 29 organizations chosen. Mockingbird Incubator is a Los Angeles-based…