This blog is co-authored by Taylor Bacon, Analyst, US Clean Air and Climate; Maria Harris, Senior Scientist; and Mindi DePaola, Program Manager, Office of the Chief Scientist. A new EDF ...
(Washington, D.C. – June 3, 2022) Black Americans 65 and older are three times more likely to die from exposure to fine particle air pollution than white Americans over 65, ...
Jennifer Hadayia is the Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, a nonprofit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts from air pollution and advance environmental justice. With nearly ...
Big Gaps in Air Monitoring Air quality in the U.S. has improved tremendously over the last 50 years thanks to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, but not all ...
Statement from EDF legal fellow Andy Su: “Deploying zero-emitting heavy-duty vehicles is critical to reach our health and climate goals. We urge EPA to move forward swiftly with standards that ...
Statement from Peter Zalzal: “Heavy-duty vehicles like freight trucks, delivery vans, transit buses and school buses are a significant source of both climate pollution and deadly diesel pollution. Today’s EPA ...
Statement from Alice Henderson, Senior Attorney and Director of Transportation and Clean Air Policy: “These clean car standards will deliver enormous climate and public health benefits, saving consumers money while ...
Statement from EDF President Fred Krupp: “Coal companies and their allies asked the Supreme Court today to prevent the EPA from limiting the huge amount of climate pollution emitted by ...
Statement by Heather McTeer Toney: “While there is a long way to go to address the systemic injustices associated with infrastructure development in this country, the Environmental Justice Air Quality ...
