Aileen Nowlan
U.S. Policy Director, Global Clean Air Initiative
Work
Aileen Nowlan leads the initiative to develop and scale air pollution monitoring, mapping, and analysis. She leads the work to make risks from truck-attracting facilities like warehouses local, personal, and avoidable. Additionally, Aileen helped launch the first framework to attribute air pollution to individual companies. She previously launched a novel project finance mechanism for corporate brands to sponsor medium and heavy duty electric vehicles (EVs) when they don’t own their own vehicles. Earlier at EDF, Aileen catalyzed new technologies and new regulatory frameworks to reduce oil and gas methane emissions. She is an attorney and former management consultant with a background in project finance, restructuring, litigation, international law, sustainability and access to energy.
Background
Prior to joining EDF, Aileen clerked for a federal judge in the District of Columbia and practiced law at international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York City, focused on petroleum industry clients. She is a graduate of Yale Law School, where she led the Yale Journal of International Law and advised on local and international climate change and clean energy initiatives. Aileen previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, then led multistakeholder collaborations to drive market transformations in clean energy, water, and housing at Ashoka in India and D.C. She is also a graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Latest pieces
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New EDF study shows unequal burden from truck-related pollution near warehouses
May 12, 2023
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Historic investments in air quality monitoring can give communities a voice in clean air solutions
September 8, 2022
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Here’s how community groups can receive funding for air monitoring
January 14, 2022
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How the Build Back Better Act will help clear the air
November 3, 2021
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New mapping tool could help communities, policymakers prioritize clean transportation solutions
October 14, 2021
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Now companies can hit climate and shipping goals with new financing model
February 18, 2021
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Accelerating Zero-Emissions Delivery: An innovative approach to transforming the last mile
February 17, 2021
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Public investment, private innovation: The global market for air quality monitoring
October 1, 2020
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Why companies need to invest in clean delivery amid pandemic online shopping
July 10, 2020
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New Technologies Are Allowing Business To Tackle Climate And Clean Air As One
October 22, 2019