Asthma is the most chronic childhood disease. According to the Center For Disease Control (CDC): Over 7.1 million U.S. children under age 18 (14%) have ever been diagnosed with asthma; 7.0 million children still have asthma (10%). Boys (15%) were more likely than girls (13%) to have ever been diagnosed with asthma. Non-Hispanic black children …

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 Diane MacEachern for Moms Clean Air Force: At the U.S. – China Greener Consumption Forum on March 22nd, Lisa Jackson, the just retired Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), re-affirmed her strong support for laws and regulations that significantly reduce air pollution and reverse climate change. Speaking as a …

Last week I went to the White House to call on President Obama to give us a climate plan. Joining with partners and allies at 350.org, Forecast the Facts, and Credo Action, we brought the names of almost 250,000 people to the Obama administration. We also heard from survivors of Hurricane Sandy about how climate …

Climate change is changing the history of African Americans. This may sound like a dramatic statement, but if you listened to President Barack Obama deliver the State of the Union Speech this week, you know I am not exaggerating. But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat …

With dozens of states recovering from Sandy, Nemo, tornadoes, and other extreme weather, a new report out last month provides a clear-eyed assessment of what our nation has in store if it doesn’t address climate disruption now. Last month, an interagency task force released a draft of the Third National Climate Assessment. Written by 240 …

Forward On Climate Rally, the largest climate rally in American history, is on Sunday, February 17. Moms Clean Air Force, Climate Parents and thousands of Americans will head to Washington, D.C. to make Forward on Climate a huge historic event. Please join us in telling the President it's time to fire up a clean energy …

This letter is from Stephanie Owens and Lisa Garcia, Offices of Public Engagement and Environmental Justice. Moms Clean Air Force thanks EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson for her strong commitment to clean air and children's health. We hope you will join us and sign this farewell card: Dear Friend, Please join us in thanking Administrator Lisa …

A few weeks ago, dozens of children and several teachers at Finch Elementary School in southwest Atlanta, GA, were rushed to the hospital after being overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless gas that causes nausea, headaches, dizziness and in some cases death. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission reports 170 …

Environmental issues such as air pollution and climate change are like thieves in the night for communities of color. They are insidious offenders that relentlessly and devastatingly steal the health and vitality of everyone to a considerable degree; of children most profoundly, and of African-American and Latino children in extremes. Outgoing EPA Administrator, Lisa P. …