Author: Derek Schwabe

Derek Schwabe

Derek Schwabe

Cutting methane benefits health: EDF and partners set action-oriented research agenda in Mexico 
Derek Schwabe / Sep 06, 2024

What’s New: Earlier this month, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Observatorio Mexicano de Emisiones de Metano (ObMEM) hosted a seminar-workshop to co-create a research agenda for understanding the health ...
Derek Schwabeby Derek Schwabe
• • Academic, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Mexico, Monitoring, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science

New #WorldCleanAirDay podcast: How we’re adapting Air Tracker in the U.S., China and soon Brazil
Derek Schwabe / Sep 06, 2024

On September 7, for the 5th International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, EDF is highlighting how our cutting-edge tools are advancing the fight against air pollution in a ...
Derek Schwabeby Derek Schwabe
• • Academic, Brazil, China, Climate, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science, USA

Video: EDF and partners release report finding one in three New Jersey residents lives near a mega-warehouse
Derek Schwabe / Jun 26, 2024

What’s new: EDF released a new report tracing the growth of mega-warehouses and associated diesel truck pollution in New Jersey, building upon recent research in New York and Illinois. The launch ...
Derek Schwabeby Derek Schwabe
• • Academic, Business, Climate, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, New York City, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

New EDF report reveals more than 2 million Illinois residents live near a mega-warehouse
Derek Schwabe / Apr 26, 2024

What’s new: EDF released a report this week, Illinois Warehouse Boom, which examines the growth of mega-warehouses and their health impacts in communities across Illinois, building on its recent research ...
Derek Schwabeby Derek Schwabe
• • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

Report: One in four New York State residents lives within half a mile of a mega-warehouse
Derek Schwabe / Jan 18, 2024

What’s new: A new report released today by EDF and ElectrifyNY traces the growth of mega-warehouses–and their health impacts–in communities across New York State, driven in-part by the e-commerce boom. ...
Derek Schwabeby Derek Schwabe
• • Academic, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, New York City, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

Efforts to fight air pollution are severely underfunded. Leaders in Latin America and across the Global South are calling for change at COP28 and beyond
Derek Schwabe / Nov 30, 2023

What’s new: The ministers of environment representing 33 countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region recently issued a joint declaration calling out the yawning gap between the funds ...
Derek Schwabeby Derek Schwabe
• • Climate, Concerned Citizen, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Mexico, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official