Science

Cangzhou, China

Data-Driven Accurate Air Quality Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement The Cangzhou Clean Air Pilot Project in China reveals how innovative air quality monitoring (using a fleet of 50 taxis) could pinpoint ...

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How we used machine learning to get better estimate of London’s NO2 pollution reduction
Oct 05, 2020

(LONDON–Oct 5, 2020) A new analysis for UK Clean Air Day from Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDF Europe) finds nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution was 40% lower than expected across London during ...

• October 5, 2020November 24, 2020 • Academic, Science, UK

Regulatory and Legal Actions

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Reducing Pollution Through Better Data

Cities and local governments are at the forefront of cutting air pollution, using new policy levers to limit dirty vehicle traffic and improve zoning rules to address environmental injustice. Local ...

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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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Personal Clean Air Stories

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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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