The National Weather Service is forecasting dangerous heat this weekend for the entire Southeast, and most of the Northeast. The USA Today reports that 1,011 heat records have already been broken across the country this week alone! Our friends at Climate Reality Project created an infographic that shows there's more wild weather to come… PLEASE …

Another day, another deadline—moms know what that’s like. But this time it means more great news for American families. After 15 years of such profound government torpor that to call it “foot-dragging” would be a compliment, the EPA has finally proposed new standards for soot pollution—the fine particles that are emitted from vehicles, power plants, …

Recently the EPA finally released proposed revisions of its National Ambient Air Quality Standard for particle pollution. Fine particles, also known as soot, come from vehicle emissions, power plants, and fires (think grills, fireplaces, and wood stoves, as well as forest fires). This microscopic airborne pollution lodges deep in the lungs. The particles are too small, …

This piece was originally posted at The Rapidian: In February of this year, the Environmental Protection Agency, under the guidance of Director Lisa Jackson, introduced new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) into the Federal Registry. Almost immediately, Oklahoma Senator Inhofe filed a Congressional Review Act. Inhofe’s fight to prevent EPA’s new Mercury and Air …

This post was written by Sarah Gilliam, Coordinator for the Stop Titan Action Network: Never doubt the potential of a determined individual. This can certainly be said about one mom living in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Danielle Richardet and her three children–Chase, Claire and Henry–walk the beach and pick up cigarette butts, which are the most …

Thank you very much to all of our wonderful Twitter followers! We are truly inspired by your ongoing enthusiasm and support. Your persistent efforts helped lead to last week's HUGE WIN, the Senate's defeat over Senator Inhofe’s attempt to kill an important EPA clean air safeguard. Congratulations to our lucky 3,000th follower, who will receive a Moms …

Steve Valk is communications director for Citizens Climate Lobby. The coal and oil companies have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, and they spend tons of money on advertising campaigns and paid lobbyists to influence government policy. But the Earth has a far more powerful advocate – YOU. As parents, you speak with …

This post was written by Maureen Reno, she is a mom and an environmental and energy economist who sees many similarities between her family’s behavior and EPA’s work cleaning up our air. It was a gorgeous New Hampshire Sunday afternoon in mid-June. You know, one of those days with a cool breeze, before the heat …

Last year, I wrote about a 12-year-old girl, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, who addressed the delegates in Rio de Janeiro at the Earth Summit in 1992. She became known as "the girl who silenced the world for six minutes” when she asked: “Are we even on your list of priorities?” Severn is now a mother of two, …

This is a guest post by Diane MacEachern, Founder & CEO of Big Green Purse, www.biggreenpurse.com Thank goodness for moms! Specifically, thank goodness for moms like YOU–women who are keeping the pressure on their elected officials to make a difference where their kids’ lives and our environment are concerned. That was essentially the inspiring message …