As the California wildfires burn across the state, an environmental health scientist mom is worried because she knows that children and pregnant women, as well as those with heart disease or respiratory conditions like asthma, are particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of wildfire smoke.
Consumer Product Nominee is a Threat to Our Children’s Safety
A mom is deeply concerned that Trump picked Nancy Beck, a former senior official at the American Chemistry Council, as his nominee for the Consumer Product Safety Commission Chief.
How Climate Change Affects Hurricanes
Today Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 150 miles per hour, making it one of the strongest hurricanes on record to ever hit the Gulf Coast. Here’s what you need to know about hurricanes and climate change.
Mom Testifies to Protect Pennsylvania Families From Fracking
“In these times of Covid-19, which is a respiratory syndrome, it behooves us to pay even more attention to our air quality…” Rajani Vaidyanathan testified at a public hearing on Pennsylvania’s draft oil and gas methane rule.
Tell EPA Black Communities Need Clean Air to Breathe
“We all deserve to breathe air that is safe regardless of the color of our skin or our zip code. It is time for Wheeler to do his job and protect us, not polluters.” – Texas field organizer Catherine Flowers writes in this important op-ed in the Houston Chronicle.
“Coal Blooded Action Toolkit” from NAACP
The NAACP’s “Coal Blooded Action Toolkit” provides the necessary framework and tools to build a foundation for eliminating pollution from coal for impacted communities.
EPA Administrator Wheeler’s Remarks About Cleaner Air Are “Shameless and Misleading”
Wheeler is trying to take credit for America’s relatively clean air without acknowledging that he is working to undo all the protections that created it.
Trump’s EPA Has Become a Captive of the Chemical Industry
According to an EPA associate deputy assistant administrator for new chemicals, “The agency’s goal is to allow the commercialization of products.”
Moms Clean Air Force Goes Virtual: How We Fight for Clean Air During a Pandemic
At Moms Clean Air Force, we continue to engage over a million members in our fight for clean air, as we do our part to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ignoring Science, Trump’s EPA is Poised to Set Dangerous Air Pollution Standards
The EPA under the leadership of Andrew Wheeler is ignoring overwhelming scientific evidence and is posed to weaken clean air safeguards, endangering Houston, and all Americans.
Moms Clean Air Force’s Heather McTeer Toney In Parade Magazine
We are excited to share Parade magazine’s annual story about positive environmental news, “Earth Day Across America! 50 Earth-Saving Projects From Every State” chose Moms Clean Air Force national field director Heather McTeer Toney, of Greenville, Mississippi, to represent her state.
Colorado’s Vulnerable Populations Need Vital Pollution Protections During and After Coronavirus
An indigenous mom of four young children sheltering in place in Denver, tells why families like hers – those living on the frontlines of industrial pollution – need protections more than ever during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.