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Traffic-related air pollution results in new childhood asthma. The actions we take today matter.
Ananya Roy / Mar 15, 2022

Asthma changes the physical, emotional and academic trajectory of a child’s life. More than 5 million children in the United States have asthma, and every year there are over 750,000 ...

by Ananya Roy

• March 15, 2022March 17, 2022 • Homepage, Science

Meet Ethan McMahon, Chief of Party, Clean Air Catalyst
Lexi Ambrogi / Feb 01, 2022

Ethan McMahon is the new Chief of Party for the Clean Air Catalyst, a flagship program launched by the U.S. Agency for International Development and a global consortium of organizations ...

by lambrogi

• February 1, 2022May 25, 2022 • Homepage, Monitoring, Partners, Science

New research shows the sources of fine particle pollution vary from country to country—our response should, too
Ananya Roy / Dec 17, 2021

While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated headlines, another invisible and insidious health threat continues to rage, causing lost workdays, emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Fine particle air pollution (PM2.5) is ...

by Ananya Roy

• December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 • Homepage, India

People of color hit hardest by air pollution: EPA needs to consider this in benefit-cost assessments of policies
Ananya Roy / Dec 15, 2021

New analysis from EDF and Carnegie Mellon University finds that prevalent methods of assessing impacts of air pollution underestimate pollution’s health impacts on people of color.

by Ananya Roy

• December 15, 2021December 17, 2021 • Community Organizer, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

Air Pollution Research Reveals Exposure Disparities in Bay Area
Maria Harris / Nov 19, 2021

After working with EDF and partners to map hyperlocal pollution in Oakland, CA using Google Street View vehicles, researchers Dr. Joshua Apte (University of California, Berkeley) and Dr. Sarah Chambliss ...

by Maria Harris

• November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 • Academic, Homepage

How the Build Back Better Act will help clear the air
Aileen Nowlan / Nov 03, 2021

With the Build Back Better Act, Congress has the opportunity to make an unprecedented investment in public health and the climate, particularly in the reduction of harmful air pollution, which ...

by Aileen Nowlan

• November 3, 2021November 19, 2021 • Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring

Digging into Freight Pollution Data in London
Greg Slater / Nov 01, 2021

Road transportation is a major source of air pollution in London, with heavy goods vehicles one of the top contributors of pollutants that harm people’s health. The thinktank, Centre for ...

by Greg Slater

• November 1, 2021November 22, 2021 • Homepage

The World Bank’s Ernesto Sánchez-Triana on the fight for clean air
Sergio Sanchez / Sep 03, 2021

Ernesto Sánchez-Triana is the Global Lead for Pollution Management and Circular Economy for the World Bank, where he manages the Program on Pollution Management and Environmental Health and the Program ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 • Homepage

Tackling air pollution and climate justice together
Ananya Roy / Aug 24, 2021

By Elizabeth Moses and Ananya Roy We are seeing the beginnings of the impact of unchecked emissions globally. Extreme rainfall and flooding in India, China and Germany have destroyed infrastructure ...

by Ananya Roy

• August 24, 2021September 3, 2021 • Climate, Homepage

How integrated transport solutions can maximize health and climate benefits
Sergio Sanchez / Aug 18, 2021

We are facing an epic twin challenge: climate change and the air pollution crisis. One way we can confront this challenge is by approaching transport solutions with both a climate ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• August 18, 2021September 3, 2021 • Climate, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage