Monitoring

Convenings

Clean Air Catalyst Launch: Accelerating Clean Air Solutions to Deliver Better Health, Climate and Development Outcomes Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021 Time: 9:30-10:30am EST Location: virtual (register here) Read more ...
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Research Studies

As we work to better understand air pollution, its behavior and its impact on our health, EDF and our partners have embarked on a multi-city strategy to test new methods ...
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Finding Pollution Sources

While hyperlocal monitoring identifies pollution hotspots, source apportionment finds its cause. Because pollutants move through the air, they behave differently depending on wind, temperature and precipitation. By examining the impacts ...
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Hyperlocal Monitoring

Air pollution varies dramatically — new technology helps us see it EDF’s pioneering work with Google Earth Outreach in Oakland, California showed how levels of air pollution can vary by ...
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How is Air Pollution Currently Monitored?

Why current efforts aren’t enough Most towns and cities around the world have just one – if any – air pollution monitor. Low- and middle-income countries, where pollution is often ...
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Impacts and Disparity

Nearly 150 million Americans, or roughly half of the population, live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution. The problem disproportionately menaces communities of color and low wealth. That ...
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Innovative Air Quality Monitoring

Some of the most polluted parts of the world, with unhealthy or hazardous air quality, have little to no data on how bad the problem is impacting public health. Right ...
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