The Triangle Air Awareness Program (TAAP) is a public-private partnership between the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Division of Air Quality (NCDAQ) and the Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP).

TAAP provides leadership that educates and mobilizes students, businesses, organizations and individuals to be aware of the air quality forecast, to improve air quality by their actions, and to protect their health on bad air quality days.  You can look for TAAP exhibits, along with our mascots, Clair, the Clean Air Explorer, and CAM, the Clean Air Maniac, at health and environmental fairs and festivals and at the NC State Fair.