
Helping a billion people breathe cleaner air
The problem: Air pollution is a global public health crisis and the fourth leading cause of death globally. Nine out of 10 people around the world breathe unhealthy air, and burning fossil fuels is both the largest source of air pollution and the biggest cause of climate change.
What we’re doing about it: We’re working to help 1 billion people breathe cleaner air in this decade. By pinpointing local pollution in countries around the world, we’re giving policymakers, community groups and the private sector the tools they need to reduce pollution and hold polluters accountable.
Our work reducing air and climate pollution
- Blog post
EDF’s Air Tracker expands to Rio de Janeiro, aiding efforts to cut air pollution
- Project
Our pioneering work to map and measure local air pollution
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Meet the all-female team taking on India’s air pollution challenges
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Hurricanes’ hidden risk: toxic chemicals
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Online ordering brings warehouses — and pollution — close to home
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Game-changing partnership takes on air pollution in Latin America, the Caribbean
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on clean air.
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New Report Finds Disadvantaged Communities Bear the Brunt of Massive Warehouse Expansion Through New York State
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EDF Files Lawsuit for Documents Related to Trump EPA’s Offer to Help Provide Polluter Passes
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments Related to California’s Clean Air Protections
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New York City’s congestion pricing program is in effect and working
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EPA Reportedly Plans to Stop Collecting Data about Climate Pollution
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Trump administration offers pollution exemptions by email
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Clean air resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
- Blog
Read the latest updates from our experts on EDF’s Global Clean Air blog
- Explainer
How methane harms our health and what we can do about it
- Explainer
This pollution is making both people and the planet sick
- Toolkit
Air Quality Data Directory
- Interactive tool
Air tracker shows path pollution takes through neighborhoods
- Report
Shining a Light on Warehouse Truck Air Pollution (PDF)
Our clean air experts
We bring wide-ranging perspectives and skills to our clean air work. Meet some of the people who make it happen.
Partner perspective
Today, more than ever, we must protect people, especially the most vulnerable, from environmental pollution. EDF is a critical partner in this effort.
Georges C. Benjamin, M.D.
American Public Health Association
Media contact
Cecile Brown
(202) 271-6534 (office)