Time is running out, my good people. We now have only 7 days left to tell the EPA that we support their new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which could prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths and asthma attacks each year. We need to take action now to make sure that this ruling, which …

Do you know what “bad actors” are? I’m not talking about your standard B-movie pretty faces. The bad actors I scowl at are disruptive, invasive, persistent, and just downright rude. They are chemicals: byproducts of our energy consumption habits, our synthetic chemical industry, and our intense fondness for cars and plastics. Not all chemicals are …

For the last few months, I've been urging anyone who will listen to join the Moms Clean Air Force in our fight to protect our children from toxic pollution that is dangerous to their lives. We want tougher standards for dangerous pollutants like mercury, but now even the current standards are under attack. From the …

We're thrilled to welcome the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) to the Moms Clean Air Force. As an MCAF partner, ANHE publicly stands with moms, dads and others in defense of clean air and our kids' health. No Thanks, I Don't Need a Side of Mercury With My Fish! By Katie Huffling, ANHE …

Real children. Real families. Real suffering, and real impact. Right now, politicians and lobbyists are trying to weaken the Clean Air Act and to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to limit air pollution and emission of toxics like mercury, arsenic and other dangerous substances which threaten public health. These actions will have dire …

This piece was cross posted on The Examiner. We Texans love to be number one. We like to say, “don’t mess with Texas” and “everything’s big in Texas.” These sayings embody our pride in our state and our collective spirit to do things well and right and for the greatest possible impact. This winning attitude …

Guest post from Cherise Udell, founder of Utah Moms for Clean Air. Yesterday, I took my two daughters, Sophia (7) and Ella (5) to the Salt Lake City Federal Court House to witness the sentencing of a young man for a federal crime he committed two years ago. Now, why would any mother take her …

In a recent Washington Times piece, Junk Science blogger and Fox News commentator Steven Milloy denies that there is a connection between disease and air pollution from coal and disease–a connection that has been scientifically established for 40 years. At least he’s got an accurate name for his outfit. Junk Science indeed. In his Washington …

This pre-BlogHer discussion was moderated by Cheryl Contee of Jack and Jill Politics. Cheryl was joined by Elisa Batista, founder of Mothertalkers, Joanne Bamberger, aka PunditMom and author of Mothers of Intention, and Dominique Browning, blogger at Slow Love Life, former editor-in-chief of House & Garden, and lead blogger for the Moms Clean Air Force. …

Guest post from Dr. Lynn Goldman, a pediatrician, an epidemiologist, an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Services at George Washington University. Steven Milloy, a commentator for Fox News, recently published a piece in the Washington Times, attacking the bedrock …