Essential Open Source Tools for Journalists Investigating Air Pollution

Every year , air pollution causes an estimated 6.7 million premature deaths, according to the World Health Organization .

Studies link air pollution to respiratory diseases, cardiovascular issues, and premature deaths.

Despite its widespread impact, tracking air pollution is challenging.

Investigative journalists play a key role in exposing this environmental misconduct.

I lay out below OSINT tools that journalists can utilize to track air pollution and uncover its sources.

Open Corporates is the largest open database of company ownership structures, helping journalists investigate corporate networks linked to pollution.

AirCasting is a citizen science platform that allows users to measure and share air quality data in real time using mobile sensors.

NASA ’s Giovanni Giovanni is an online data analysis tool providing satellite-based environmental and atmospheric datasets.