
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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Eliminating science research department latest sign that President Trump’s EPA works for polluters
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EPA Administrator Zeldin’s Plan Will Increase Pollution in Daily Lives
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Trump Administration to Close EPA’s Environmental Justice Offices
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Trump Administration Abandons Louisiana Families, Drops Lawsuit to Reduce Cancer-Causing Pollution
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EDF Files Lawsuit to Get Records About EPA Administrator’s Recommendation to Reverse Endangerment Finding
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News Reports: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Wants to Strike Down EPA’s Endangerment Finding
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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
- Fact sheet
Helping cities across China drive clean air solutions (PDF)
- Explainer
How methane harms our health and what we can do about it
- Toolkit
Air Quality Data Directory
- Interactive tool
Air tracker shows path pollution takes through neighborhoods
- Explainer
This pollution is making both people and the planet sick
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)