
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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Our pioneering work to map and measure local air pollution
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EDF’s Air Tracker expands to Rio de Janeiro, aiding efforts to cut air pollution
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Unearthing Pennsylvania’s legacy of orphan and abandoned wells
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Hurricanes’ hidden risk: toxic chemicals
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Meet the all-female team taking on India’s air pollution challenges
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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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Hero mom: How a cell phone video helped expose toxic pollution
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Making polluters pay is paying off for California residents
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EPA Draft Proposals Would Repeal Modern Limits on Mercury and Air Toxics for Coal Plants, Carbon Pollution Standards
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New study identifies health risks during unconventional oil and gas production for those living near wells
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Senate Votes to Overturn Industrial Air Pollution Safeguards
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House Takes Unprecedented Step to Undermine California’s Clean Air Act Authority
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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
- Overview
Clean trucks and buses: Electrifying fleets to cut air and climate pollution
- Explainer
How are air pollution and climate change connected?
- 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
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)