We sat down with Dr. Lisa Patel, who leads work across the country at intersection of health and climate.
Angela Fox, a sustainability expert with 15 years of experience and current professor at Arizona State University, exemplifies the powerful impact women continue to make in environmental leadership during Women's History Month. JustAir Partnerships Fellow Natalie Lambert sat down with Angela to learn more about her journey.
Black History Month provides an opportunity to honor the trailblazers who are driving change and shaping a more equitable future for Black Americans. This year, we are proud to highlight Regina Strong, who leads the Office of the Environmental Justice Advocate, within the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). She has served as the state’s inaugural Environmental Justice Public Advocate since the role's creation in 2019 by Governor Whitmer. She leads the State of Michigan Interagency Environmental Justice Response Team, and launched the state's first environmental justice advisory council, the Michigan Advisory Council for Environmental Justice.
This Black History Month, we’re proud to spotlight the incredible talent behind our platform—our all-Black software development team! According to the Kapor Center, Black talent represents just 3.7 percent of the tech workforce. But at JustAir, our software team is breaking barriers, building powerful tools, and making clean air data accessible to all - and they all happen to be Black! Each team member has amazing expertise in software development and their careers have led them to use technology to create healthier communities.
Black History Month provides an opportunity to honor the trailblazers who are driving change and shaping a more equitable future for Black Americans. This year, we are proud to highlight LaTricea Adams, the CEO & Founder of Young, Gifted, and Green (YGG), a non-profit environmental justice organization that influences policy change through political advocacy, mentorship, and training.
Black History Month provides an opportunity to honor the trailblazers who are driving change and shaping a more equitable future for Black Americans. This year, we are proud to highlight Kieshaun White, the CEO & Founder of Healthy Fresno Air, a community-driven organization dedicated to monitoring air quality, raising awareness, and advocating for cleaner air in Fresno’s underserved neighborhoods.
Many of us think of the summer months being full of air quality alerts - from wildfires to fireworks to Ozone Action Days. Warm weather can also bring pollen, humidity, and other factors that make breathing more difficult for many. But is winter air any cleaner?
Everyday, the 2024 Olympics are carrying inspiration from Paris around the world, including to our U.S.-based JustAir team. We’ve been inspired by the athletes’ amazing feats, of course. But because we think about air quality a lot, we can’t help but be inspired when an actual Olympics x air quality success story crosses our purview.
Ground-level ozone forms when volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from sources like vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions react in the presence of sunlight and heat. This reaction produces ozone, which can cause respiratory problems, aggravate asthma, and reduce lung function, particularly in vulnerable populations.
Wildfires are increasingly common due to a combination of factors, including climate change, which leads to hotter and drier conditions conducive to fire spread. Human activities such as land-use changes and fire suppression practices also play significant roles in wildfire frequency and intensity.
Environmental infrastructure within city planning is a keystone element of sustainable cities. As we move toward a more sustainable and equitable future, ensuring improved quality of life for all people has to be at the forefront of these plans. This means prioritizing the voices of community members, collecting and measuring data on proposed changes, and increasingly, incorporating nature-based solutions into city planning.
The push for structural change often begins at the grassroots level with local leaders and community members identifying a problem, raising awareness, then acting to remedy an issue as change agents. This is especially true in the environmental justice landscape where citizens are often in unique positions to observe immediate impacts of pollution at a local level.
Although outdoor air quality is our focus at JustAir, we get a lot of questions about indoor air. Through this article, we aim to inform individuals and families on common sources of indoor air pollutants and on how to stay safe whether you’re inside or outside.
The EPA's new PM 2.5 standards is expected to save thousands of lives over the next decade. Here's what the new ruling means for you, your community, and the JustAir dashboard.
The City of Dearborn is a JustAir partner taking proactive measures for public health. We sat down with Ali Abazeed, the founding director of the City’s Department of Public Health, to learn more about their innovative community clean air project.
Become familiar with the most common air pollutants and understand big picture ways to stay safe.
Use your year-end gifts to support environmental justice partners fighting for clean air and a better world.
On June 29, while Canadian wildfire smoke spread across the Midwest, residents gathered for an air quality workshop. Residents left with more information on air quality and how JustAirs data can keep their communities safe.
As we celebrate Black History Month, it's important to recognize the significant contributions of Black Americans in the fight for environmental justice. From advocating for clean air and water to pushing for more equitable access to green spaces, Black leaders have played a critical role in the environmental movement.
Air pollution is a major global concern, especially in underserved and minority communities. However, the live data and alert systems built into real-time air quality monitoring systems are inspiring change for communities.
Get to know our community partner, Kareem Scales. Scales is a Civil Rights activist, community advocate, and grass roots organizer. He focuses on creating transformational change in BIPOC communities centering residents in the urban core that have historically been disproportionately impacted by systemic and unjust practices.
Asthma is one of the most chronic diseases affecting people living in cities in the United States. Discover the main contributors and what can your city do to reduce asthma rates.
Poor air quality can stem from natural events like wildfires, hurricanes, or even floods. But in too many cases, it’s a result of human actions, such as the use of fossil fuels for our cars, factories, and homes. So, if you get a JustAir text alert saying the air quality near you is poor, what do you do?
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