Our Mission
Downwinders at Risk Education Fund is dedicated to taking effective action on behalf of those being harmed by air pollution. Our goal is to build a strong grassroots constituency and create new strategies for clean air in North Texas. We do this by informing, connecting, and mobilizing citizens to become active participants in the decision-making that affects the air we breathe. In doing so, we improve both the quality of our air and the quality of our democracy.
We’re committed to working for environmental justice with communities impacted by the worst pollution; to deliver the best science to those communities; to making decisions about pollution and polluters more democratic; to providing solutions to the problems we spotlight, and to funding staff devoted to grassroots empowerment.
Our Posts
Dallas City Council Members Walk Back Promise to Remove I-345
www.dmagazine.com
I-345’s public comment period ends tonight. The question we all need to ask ourselves: What kind of city do we want?Pollution linked to 10% of cancers in Europe
www.brusselstimes.com
“With more than 1.3 million deaths each year in the EU, cancer weighs heavily on our society. The economic costs are estimated at €178 billion in 2018 alone.”Cement carbon dioxide emissions quietly double in 20 years
www.click2houston.com
New global data shows that emissions of heat-trapping gases coming from making cement have doubled in the last 20 years.