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
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New York City’s congestion pricing boasts big wins for people and air quality
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EDF’s Air Tracker expands to Rio de Janeiro, aiding efforts to cut air pollution
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How do you locate a hidden environmental danger? Put a bounty on it.
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Our pioneering work to map and measure local air pollution
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How are air pollution and climate change connected?
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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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Trump EPA Takes Final Steps on Rule Expected to Overturn Endangerment Finding, Clean Vehicle Standards
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How do you locate a hidden environmental danger? Put a bounty on it.
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New Analysis: Clean Air Initiative Would Save New York’s Working Families Nearly $7 Billion and Yield Economic Benefits in Every Corner of the State
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New York City’s congestion pricing boasts big wins for people and air quality
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States are powering the U.S. electric vehicle transition – even amid federal uncertainty
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New EDF Report Shows Electric Vehicle Policy Progress Across All 50 U.S. States
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Clean air resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
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Read the latest updates from our experts on EDF’s Global Clean Air blog
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Clean trucks and buses: Electrifying fleets to cut air and climate pollution
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Breathing life into Amazonian cities: A case for clean air investments
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Map: Facilities that could get a pollution pass from the Trump administration
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How does air pollution affect our health?
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How methane harms our health and what we can do about it
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)