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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New Multi-Agency Effort Aims to Reduce Air Pollution, Disaster Risk in Houston
Sep 28, 2020

(Houston – September 28, 2020) To streamline how the Houston region responds to hazardous air pollution, the city of Houston, Harris County and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), with support from ...

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How-to Guide for Mapping Hyperlocal Air Pollution

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Data to Action

Precision data fosters meaningful change for clean air While ambient air pollution monitoring can give us a sense of a region’s overall air quality, new sensor technologies and data analyses ...

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Traffic congestion increasing in London above 2019 levels outside city centre
Sep 15, 2020

(London–Sept 15, 2020) A new analysis by Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDF Europe), based on data from the Waze for Cities Programme, shows that traffic congestion is currently increasing in ...

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Public Health Air Quality Act Would Protect Public Health with Better Air Pollution Data for All
Jul 29, 2020

(Washington, D.C. – July 29, 2020) Today a bicameral group of Members of Congress introduced the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020, a bill that would strengthen air pollution ...

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Pandemic exposes need for cities to improve air pollution data collection to protect public health
Jul 15, 2020

New evidence shows the same people who have lived with polluted air for decades are at increased risk for severe illness from Coronavirus, underscoring the importance for cities across the ...

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• July 15, 2020November 9, 2020 • Academic, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Government Official/Policymaker, Public Health/Environmental Official

Why now is the moment for cities around the world to act decisively on air pollution
Jun 30, 2020

The improvements in air quality seen during the COVID-19 lockdown have shown individuals and policymakers what is possible and could open the door to reinvigorated efforts to address pollution.

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• June 30, 2020November 9, 2020 • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Government Official/Policymaker, Public Health/Environmental Official

Hurricanes Coming: Protecting Black and Brown Neighborhoods from a “Triple Whammy”
Jun 17, 2020

Whether it’s a virus or a hurricane, an explosion or chemical disaster, the more we know about the threats communities face, the more we will be able to understand how ...

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• June 17, 2020November 9, 2020 • Academic, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Government Official/Policymaker, Monitoring, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

West Oakland Environmental Justice Leaders on What’s Changed, What Hasn’t in the Neighborhood
Apr 28, 2020

In the early 1990s, West Oakland resident Ms. Margaret Gordon, as she likes to be called, worked at the neighborhood elementary school. When she was in the nurse’s office, something ...

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