Moms Clean Air Force: Fighting Air Pollution & Climate Change

Moms Clean Air Force is a community of moms and dads united against air pollution – including the urgent crisis of our changing climate – to protect our children’s health.

We arm members with reliable information and solutions through online resources, articles, action tools and on-the-ground events.

Moms Clean Air Force is a special project of Environmental Defense Fund.

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Growing Environmental Stewards with KidsGardening

BY Katy Farber ON February 8, 2018

As I write this, it’s snowing like crazy in Vermont. It doesn’t seem like a common time to think about school gardens, but anytime is a good time to help kids foster a strong and healthy connection to local food systems and nature. In fact,...

TOPICS: Carbon Pollution, Climate Change, Environment, Heat and Extreme Weather, Schools

5 Reasons Why Anticipating the 2018 Olympics Gives Me Hope

BY Lisa Bennett ON February 7, 2018

I’ll admit it. Watching the Olympics sometimes makes me cry. I am moved by the athletes’ commitment to give their all, to be their best possible selves. And with the abundance of negative role models today, I treasure the positive example these athletes offer children....

TOPICS: California, Climate Change, Heat and Extreme Weather, MCAF News, Motherhood

Pollution Monitors Should Be Standard in LA’s Oilfields

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON February 6, 2018

This was written by Tim O’Connor for EDF Energy Exchange: There are several reasons to be optimistic about environmental progress in Los Angeles. The city is making massive investments in electric vehicles, making clean energy more accessible to everyday people, and cutting pollution from the...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, California, Children's Health

Pay Attention to Pruitt

BY Marcia G. Yerman ON February 6, 2018

Most Americans, especially parents, are watching in horror as the Trump administration’s EPA does everything it can to go retrograde. This includes destroying public lands for economic gains, promoting fossil fuels (domestically and abroad), and stripping out existing regulations which have protected the country and...

TOPICS: Clean Air Act, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Coal, EPA, Politics, Pollution

Interview with Coral Gables, Florida, Commissioner Vince Lago

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON February 2, 2018

This is a Moms Clean Air Force exclusive interview with Coral Gables, Florida, City Commissioner Vince C. Lago. Commissioner Lago has spearheaded a multitude of legislative initiatives that encourage the City to be at the forefront of sustainability. He is dedicated to transportation planning and is committed...

TOPICS: Climate Change, Florida, Heat and Extreme Weather, Latino Community, Politics

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