Deprived and BAME schoolchildren in London experience greater air pollution burden

By: Greg Slater, data analyst Air pollution varies dramatically across London, which means not all schoolchildren have the same start in life. Using a powerful new dataset, we found that ...

by EDF Web Team

• February 22, 2021March 1, 2021 • Health, Homepage

The Breathe London Blueprint is here to guide your city’s monitoring project and inspire clean air action.

By Elizabeth Fonseca, Senior Manager, Air Quality A key question for any city considering using lower-cost sensors or mobile monitoring to measure air pollution is, “Can they provide reliable data ...

by EDF Web Team

• February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 • Health, London

Global Clean Air Blog: How increasing data transparency can help reduce pollution

By Millie Chu Baird, Associate Vice President, Office of the Chief Scientist Harnessing data for good has been at the heart of EDF science for decades. Whether we’re identifying gas ...

by Millie Chu Baird

• February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 • Community Organizer, Oakland, Partners

Global Clean Air Blog: Houston students thriving during lockdown by learning about air quality

  By Shannon Thomas, Project Manager, EDF Environmental Youth Council Program Ask parents and educators about the spring 2020 semester, and they’ll likely tell you similar versions of the same ...

by ktuerff

• January 26, 2021March 1, 2021 • Academic, Health, Houston

Global Clean Air Blog: How we make pollution more visible

By Sarah Vogel, Ph.D., VP Health When we’re outside, either walking or driving, we’re instinctively looking out for traffic. “Look both ways when you cross the street,” is advice drummed ...

by ethancheeke72

• October 27, 2020January 26, 2021 • Climate, Energy, Health, Monitoring

A healthier solution: Electrifying diesel trucks and buses

The technology is here. Electrifying trucks and buses will help reduce the toxic pollution people breathe from diesel-emitting tailpipes.

by elizabethv02

• October 25, 2020November 24, 2020 • Business, Corporate Sustainability Professional, Energy, Health

Pollution data sharing norms are shifting

Thanks to code sharing platforms like GitHub, which allows developers to build on one another’s code, data sharing is less taboo. The air quality space is especially ripe for this ...

by ethancheeke72

• October 22, 2020November 20, 2020 • Academic, Monitoring, Partners, Science

Mom’s Clean Air Force: Trump’s EPA Called Out for Violating Environmental Justice Laws

In 1978, the Inspector General Act created offices with the authority to investigate and oversee specific governmental agencies. One of those was the Environmental Protection Agency.

by ethancheeke72

• October 21, 2020November 9, 2020 • Environmental Justice, Partners

Breathe London Data Reveals Big Drops In NO2 Pollution During Commuting Hours

During the lockdown, air quality data from Breathe London shows that harmful nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution went down significantly during commute times – 25% in the morning and 34% in ...

by ethancheeke72

• October 19, 2020November 9, 2020 • London, Monitoring, UK

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

(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 ...

by elizabethv02

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