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GREEN GUIDE

BREATHE LA invites you to speak the language of green with this quick refresher on energy & environment terms and acronyms.

Compiled by Katherine Lao

GOVERNMENT AGENCY TERMS

AANWR: Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
AARC: Alliance for Acid Rain Control
ABES: Alliance for Balanced Environmental Solutions
ACP: Agriculture Control Program (Water Quality Management); ACP: Air Carcinogen Policy
AEA: Atomic Energy Act
AEE: Alliance for Environmental Education
AEERL: Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
AFCEE: Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
AFS: AIRS Facility Subsystem
AIC: Active to Inert Conversion
AICUZ: Air Installation Compatible Use Zones
AID: Agency for International Development
AMOS: Air Management Oversight System
AMSA: Association of Metropolitan Sewer Agencies
ANRHRD: Air, Noise, & Radiation Health Research Division/ORD
AOML: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
APA: Administrative ....

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