Global Clean Air Blog

Collaborating on clean air in Latin America and around the world
Sergio Sanchez / Feb 10, 2023

Many Latin American and Caribbean countries are implementing clean air solutions, but much more must be done to protect public health and slow climate change. An intensive two-day clean air ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 • Climate, Homepage, Mexico, Monitoring, Partners

Four ways air quality technology can improve public health in Latin America and around the world
Maia Draper / Dec 22, 2022

As countries around the world work to develop strategies to improve air quality and achieve climate goals, innovations in monitoring technology and data analysis are opening up new avenues to ...

by Maia Draper

• December 22, 2022February 10, 2023 • Climate, Environmental Justice, Mexico, Monitoring, Partners, Science

Environmental justice groups bring Air Tracker to cities in Alabama and California
Alex Franco / Dec 12, 2022

EDF’s Air Tracker pollution monitoring tool is now live in two new cities—Birmingham, AL, and Vallejo, CA—as local groups ramp up efforts to understand how industrial activity impacts community air ...

by Alex Franco

• December 12, 2022December 22, 2022 • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Homepage, Partners, Science, USA

Investigating air pollution inequity at the neighborhood scale
Maria Harris / Nov 16, 2022

Air pollution in the United States has declined dramatically over the last several decades, thanks to strong, protective clean air policies. And yet, unjust disparities in pollution exposure remain, with ...

by Maria Harris

• November 16, 2022November 17, 2022 • Environmental Justice, Homepage, Monitoring, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science, USA

Another reason to reduce methane emissions: Saving lives
Sarah Vogel / Nov 10, 2022

Cutting methane emissions is one of the fastest, most effective ways to stabilize the climate. It can also improve public health.   Today, 130 countries are committed to cutting methane emissions by ...

by Sarah Vogel

• November 10, 2022November 15, 2022 • Climate, Energy, Homepage, Science

EDF joins global organizations calling on UNFCCC to strengthen action on short-lived climate pollutants to achieve climate goals
Sergio Sanchez / Nov 04, 2022

This blog is co-authored by Sergio Sanchez, Global Clean Air Policy Director and Julia Gohlke, Lead Senior Scientist, Climate & Health Environmental Defense Fund supports the World Health Organization (WHO), The ...

by Sergio Sanchez

• November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 • Climate, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science

Historic investments in air quality monitoring can give communities a voice in clean air solutions
Aileen Nowlan / Sep 08, 2022

The United Nations General Assembly recently declared that access to clean air and a healthy environment is a universal human right, but far too many people live in communities overburdened ...

by Aileen Nowlan

• September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 • Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Homepage, Monitoring, Science, USA

Meet Jim Morris, Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief, Public Health Watch
Lexi Ambrogi / Jul 08, 2022

Jim Morris is the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of Public Health Watch, a nonpartisan investigative news site focused on the prevention of illness, injury and premature death. Public Health Watch’s ...

by lambrogi

• July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 • Environmental Justice, Partners, Science, USA

Stronger national fine particle air pollution standards will provide significant health benefits and reduce disparities
Ananya Roy / Jun 22, 2022

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 ...

by Ananya Roy

• June 22, 2022March 23, 2023 • Academic, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Public Health/Environmental Official, USA

Introducing Air Tracker: A backward take on air quality to pinpoint sources
Tammy Thompson / Jun 13, 2022

EDF’s new Air Tracker tool allows us to better understand how local air pollution behaves, illuminating the path it takes from a likely source area. Because this tool allows us ...

by Tammy Thompson

• June 13, 2022August 10, 2022 • Academic, Community Organizer, Concerned Citizen, Homepage, Science