The governor toured an air quality monitoring station and a community development project, and spoke about the importance of financial aid for college students.
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee visited Vancouver on Wednesday to tour an air quality monitoring station at Mountain View High School and the Fourth Plain Community Commons development. He also joined a panel discussion about the importance of college financial aid at Fort Vancouver High School.
The air quality site is a partnership between the Washington Department of Ecology and the Southwest Clean Air Agency, according to a news release from Inslee’s office, aimed at tracking local pollution in an area that sees lots of heavy road, rail and shopping activity.
“We have an epidemic of asthma in your generation,” Inslee said, speaking to a group of Mountain View students. “And trying to monitor particulates that can be one of the problems with asthma is really, really important.”
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