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EDF team visits Brazil to expand Air Tracker, support clean air action
Tammy Thompson / Jul 03, 2024

What’s new: Our recent trip to Brazil in June gave EDF the opportunity to formalize partnerships with city and state officials in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, as these ...

by Tammy Thompson

• July 3, 2024 • Academic, Brazil, Climate, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science

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 ...

by Derek Schwabe

• June 26, 2024June 27, 2024 • Academic, Business, Climate, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, New York City, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

State of the Air Report shows America must work harder to fight pollution
Tammy Thompson / May 07, 2024

What’s new: The American Lung Association released its annual State of the Air report last month, showing that climate change is making it more difficult to clean up our polluted ...

by Tammy Thompson

• May 7, 2024 • Academic, Climate, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Corporate Sustainability Professional, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

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