This was written by Shannon Baker-Branstetter and reposted from the Consumers Union blog, Our Green Energy Future: Recent reports confirm what many people already feel: industry’s releases of toxic pollution are disproportionately located in low-income communities and communities of color. According to a recent NAACP report Coal Blooded, nearly six million Americans live within three miles …

Air pollution standards, regulations and limits protect our children. Asthma is a disease children suffer from that is directly associated with air pollution. Too many children live with these 10 asthma facts daily, which is why we must not weaken, delay or eliminate clean air regulations (adapted from American College of Allergies, Asthma & Immunology): …

On December 14, the Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to release a final standard for allowable levels of soot in ambient outdoor air. Moms Clean Air Force supporters have been speaking up since the proposed standard was released for public comment back in June,

When I bought my couch a few years ago, I sat on every couch in the store. I felt the difference between a deep seat and a shallow one, a tufted back and a cushion back, a twill and a velour. I learned about the wood frame and the springs and how the cushions were …

Moms are always telling children to play fair and share. We know that we share the air. And what goes up comes down on all of us. You could not find more vivid proof of this than an amazing video (below) from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center showing the movement of aerosol across the planet's …

This piece was cross-posted from Elephant Journal: Droughts, Fires, Heat Waves and Hurricanes. Oh My! As the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, killing over 100 people and producing upwards of $50 billion in damage along the U.S. East Coast, has reignited a long dormant conversation on climate change in the media, it’s important to note that …

The devastation of Hurricane Sandy may become a fading news headline in unaffected parts of the country, but it remains prevalent in the New York and New Jersey area. From ravaged homes and lost cars, to images of Manhattan’s Chelsea galleries hanging art out to dry—this weather event has had repercussions that will not dissipate …

MCAF partner, Climate Reality created this video with Science Girl that takes look at the differences of climate vs. weather. It shows how dirty energy is polluting our climate. It also clearly shows that this kid gets it…dirty energy = dirty weather. Do your children learn about climate change and global warming in school? It's …

In honor of our national day of thanks, I'm not going to ask you do to anything. Well, almost. This happens to be my favorite holiday of the year; I like renewing my thoughts about what makes me grateful. So I'll ask you to join me in that, and first, tell you a story that …

An alarming announcement just crossed our desks: "The National Weather Service is proposing to terminate operational ozone predictions on or about March 5, 2013." We have until Monday, November 26th to tell the Weather Service NOT to let this site go dark. The National Weather Service measures and predicts ozone levels, so that people across …