Science

Air Tracker expands to Rio de Janeiro, helping officials enforce air quality standards
Derek Schwabe / Nov 19, 2024

What’s new: At the Urban 20 Mayors (U20) Summit, Environmental Defense Fund announced the expansion of Air Tracker—its cutting-edge air quality monitoring tool—to Rio de Janeiro today. Air Tracker is ...

Six ways to ramp up climate and clean air action in 2025
Sarah Vogel / Nov 08, 2024

2024 has been a significant year for the climate and air pollution crisis, both in terms of the mounting impacts and increased action. Extreme climate events like hurricanes and wildfires ...

Cutting methane benefits health: EDF and partners set action-oriented research agenda in Mexico 
Derek Schwabe / Sep 06, 2024

What’s New: Earlier this month, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Observatorio Mexicano de Emisiones de Metano (ObMEM) hosted a seminar-workshop to co-create a research agenda for understanding the health ...

New #WorldCleanAirDay podcast: How we’re adapting Air Tracker in the U.S., China and soon Brazil
Derek Schwabe / Sep 06, 2024

On September 7, for the 5th International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, EDF is highlighting how our cutting-edge tools are advancing the fight against air pollution in a ...

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 ...

New State of Global Air report shows pollution’s deadly impact
Sarah Vogel / Jun 26, 2024

What’s new: The Health Effects Institute’s new State of Global Air 2024 report finds that air pollution ranks as the second leading risk factor for death, including for children under ...

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 ...