Recognizing that air quality is a regional pursuit, a coalition of local city and county governments is working together to exchange ideas and model best practices in an effort to curb pollution in the San Antonio area. Because clean air requires an “all-hands-on-deck” approach, the group is asking all San Antonio residents to take action […]
Author Archives: Ron Nirenberg and Chris Riley
City of San Antonio Councilman Ron Nirenberg and City of Leon Valley Mayor Chris Riley are the 2015 Chair and Vice Chair of AACOG’s Air Improvement Resources (AIR) Executive Committee. The Committee guides the local air quality planning efforts of the region. The mission of the committee is to facilitate the completion of air quality studies and planning activities that address attainment of federal air pollution standards and to develop, with the assistance of the AIR Technical Committee, AIR Advisory Committee, and AACOG staff, a comprehensive emission reduction plan that will guide our region’s actions to remain in attainment of federal standards. The AIR Executive Committee’s membership includes elected officials representing the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
