This cartoon by Jen Sorensen originally appeared on Daily Kos: TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA: BREAK THE CLIMATE PARALYSIS

Dear Michelle Obama, I'm writing to you about something important, in honor of Mother's Day, as one First Mom (of my family) to another First Mom (of this country!) The subject is climate change — and our duty as mothers to address it wholeheartedly and ambitiously. I had thought — we all think — that …

This was written by Dr. Evelyn Montalvo-Stanton for NBC Latino: Some people celebrate spring when the first daffodils appear in their yards; my equinox arrives via itchy eyes and runny noses of allergy-sufferers in my clinic. Just like the first frost evokes new flu viruses, and May’s lengthening sun rays bring heat stroke to mind, as …

This is the testimony from Chicago resident, Laura Sebransky at public hearings on the Tier 3 Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards: My name is Laura Sabransky. I live in the city of Chicago, and I have asthma. I urge the EPA to enact the long overdue standards that will clean up gasoline and reduce smog-forming …

Children and cars do not mix well. What comes out of tailpipes has been linked to stroke, heart attacks, and increased hospital admissions in adults, but children seem to be particularly vulnerable traffic pollution, possibly because their organs are still developing and are therefore more vulnerable to the health impacts of pollution. For one thing, …

It’s hard to believe the first federal air pollution legislation was the Air Pollution Act of 1955. Fifty-eight years later, the United States—and the world—are still struggling to come to terms with the importance of preserving the quality of the air we breathe. Air Quality Awareness Week is on the calendar for April 29 through …

  As NYC’s Town Hall theatre filled up with expectant young families, grandparents and “Beluga Grads” for a Raffi Concert, the Moms Clean Air Force team was flooded with nostalgia. The concert was presented in association with MCAF and all proceeds benefited Raffi’s, Centre For Child-Honouring. This musical reprieve brought our team together to give each …

A few weeks ago, while walking down Madrid’s Paseo del Prado, I came upon a lush, textural wall of plants. “How beautiful!” I gushed to my husband. As it turns out, the wall is more than just a pretty facade, it has a practical purpose as well. Green walls like this one are yet another …

  TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA TO BREAK THE CLIMATE PARALYSIS  

You don’t want to see a bad grade on your child’s report card, but does the air she breathes pass the test? Is your family, like mine, among the 42 percent of Americans who live in places where the air itself is dangerous to breathe, according to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air …