Global Clean Air Blog

London’s major roads are putting children at risk of developing asthma

Greg Slater, Senior Data Analyst, and Oliver Lord, Head of Policy and Campaigns The pollution and health impacts from London’s busiest roads – the Red Routes – go far beyond ...

by EDF Web Team

• May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 • Health, London, Public Health/Environmental Official

The simple switch pubs and restaurants can make that will have a big impact on air pollution

By: Elizabeth Fonseca, Senior Manager, Air Quality Hospitality is a major part of the UK’s economy, which has taken a significant hit since the start of the pandemic. In London ...

by EDF Web Team

• April 12, 2021April 14, 2021 • Health

Better data is critical to address health disparities in air pollution’s impacts

Ananya Roy, Senior Health Scientist, and Maria Harris, Environmental Epidemiologist The last several months have seen a wave of momentum in policies seeking toward advance environmental justice and equity through ...

by EDF Web Team

• March 31, 2021April 12, 2021 • Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Health, Homepage, Oakland, Partners, Public Health/Environmental Official, Science

London’s major roads are noisy, polluted and outdated. It’s time to make the Red Routes healthier and more equitable.

Oliver Lord, Head of Policy and Campaigns London’s major roads – the Red Routes – cut across the capital and carry up to a third of traffic on a typical ...

by EDF Web Team

• March 31, 2021April 26, 2021 • Environmental Justice, Health, London

Vital global initiative will accelerate clean air solutions in cities

By: Sarah Vogel, Environmental Defense Fund, VP of Health (March 19, 2021) Everybody deserves the right to breathe clean air. Yet air pollution is choking cities and communities around the ...

by EDF Web Team

• March 19, 2021April 12, 2021 • Climate, Concerned Citizen, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government Official/Policymaker, Health, Homepage, Partners

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 8, 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, 2021March 2, 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