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NJ state legislators and residents talk new legislation to limit warehouse and truck pollution at virtual town hall
Derek Schwabe / Nov 08, 2024

What’s new: A coalition of environmental and community groups, including EDF, Clean Water Action and EarthJustice, held a virtual town hall last month with New Jersey state lawmakers and residents ...
Derek Schwabeby Derek Schwabe
• • Academic, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Corporate Sustainability Professional, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

New Air Quality Data Directory connects advocates with crucial data to advance clean air goals
Aug 12, 2024

By Adrienne Parks, Analyst, Community Engagement What’s new: A new tool from Environmental Defense Fund and partners is making it easier to connect clean air advocates with data to drive ...
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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

EDF partners with Brazil’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change on strategy to update air quality standards
Sergio Sanchez / Mar 25, 2024

What’s new: EDF’s Global Clean Air (GCA) team met earlier this month with a working group within Brazil’s national government charged with updating the country’s air quality standards. EDF is ...
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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

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 ...
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