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New report: At least 1 in 6 Illinois residents lives within a half mile of a mega-warehouse
Apr 26, 2024

(SPRINGFIELD, IL – April 23, 2024) A new report released Wednesday, April 24 by the Environmental Defense Fund traces the growth of mega-warehouses in Illinois communities, driven in-part by the ...

by Derek Schwabe

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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 ...

by Derek Schwabe

• April 26, 2024 • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

New Study quantifies health impacts from oil and gas flaring in the U.S.
Mar 12, 2024

A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment, Boston University School of Public Health and the Environmental Defense Fund finds that ...

by Derek Schwabe

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Mobile monitoring reveals congestion effect for vehicle emissions in London
Lauren Padilla / Mar 11, 2024

New study shows just how much congestion intensifies emissions from diesel vehicles In a recently published study, researchers from the University of York and Environmental Defense Fund show how traffic ...

by lpadilla

• March 11, 2024March 12, 2024 • Academic, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science, UK

EPA acts to protect millions of Americans from soot pollution
Feb 07, 2024

(Washington, D.C. – February 7, 2024) The Environmental Protection Agency today announced an updated, stronger national health standard for particulate matter – a potentially deadly air pollutant more commonly known ...

by Derek Schwabe

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New interactive data story highlights air pollution and health impacts in the South Bronx
Mindi DePaola / Dec 20, 2023

What’s new: EDF partner, South Bronx Unite, has just launched an interactive data visualization that’s mapping what residents of the South Bronx have long experienced—that air pollution from industrial facilities ...

by Mindi DePaola

• December 20, 2023January 5, 2024 • Academic, Climate, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, New York City, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science, USA

New EDF study shows unequal burden from truck-related pollution near warehouses
Aileen Nowlan / May 12, 2023

New research from EDF–Making the Invisible Visible: Shining a Light on Warehouse Truck Air Pollution—shows some 15 million people live within a half-mile of a warehouse in 10 states across ...

by Aileen Nowlan

• May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Public Health/Environmental Official

Environmental justice groups bring Air Tracker to cities in Alabama and California
Alex Franco / Dec 12, 2022

EDF’s Air Tracker pollution monitoring tool is now live in two new cities—Birmingham, AL, and Vallejo, CA—as local groups ramp up efforts to understand how industrial activity impacts community air ...

by Alex Franco

• December 12, 2022December 22, 2022 • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Homepage, Partners, Science, USA

$53m in New Funding for Community-level Air Quality Monitoring Projects to Support Local Efforts to Measure Air Pollution
Nov 07, 2022

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $53 million in funding for air quality monitoring for communities throughout the U.S., the largest such investment in EPA history. The new ...

by lambrogi

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Historic investments in air quality monitoring can give communities a voice in clean air solutions
Aileen Nowlan / Sep 08, 2022

The United Nations General Assembly recently declared that access to clean air and a healthy environment is a universal human right, but far too many people live in communities overburdened ...

by Aileen Nowlan

• September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, Science, USA