CLEAN AIR PARTNERS is a public-private partnership chartered by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) to build and broaden awareness of how individuals contribute to air pollution while informing them about the adverse effects of ground level ozone.

The primary focus of the partnership is to promote easy and effective voluntary actions that individuals and employers can take to reduce production of and exposure to air pollution.

Of particular interest to Clean Air Partners are the contributing factors that create ground level ozone and particle pollution: automobile emissions, gasoline-powered lawnmowers, garden equipment, solvent-based consumer products and oil based paints. These factors cause ozone and particle pollution to form that can lead to health problems such as lung and heart damage, eye irritation, breathing difficulties, chest pain and may worsen bronchitis and emphysema.

During unhealthy air days, Clean Air Partners encourages people to protect their health by restricting outdoor activity.

Due to the number of bad air days, the EPA has designated the Washington metropolitan region as having a serious health problem for ground level ozone and Baltimore as having a severe problem. To reduce unhealthy air days, Clean Air Partners has encouraged residents to limit driving, use public transportation, defer mowing lawns with gasoline-powered mowers, and refrain from using solvent based consumer products and oil based paints.