In the past few days, the Texas Forest Service has responded to 127 fires for 9,205 acres. On September 12th, firefighters responded to 10 new fires on 179 acres. It is currently estimated that 1,939 homes have been destroyed since Labor Day weekend. Largely a result of the current Texas drought, the state is under …
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As a contractor, I am a jack of all trades: I write, moderate an online community and translate, usually from English to Spanish. Most recently, a friend and I translated a 110-page document released by PolicyLink and The California Endowment called, "Why Place and Race Matter." Here is a link to the full report. Our …
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During a recent clean air discussion on our Black and Married With Kids Facebook page, someone left a comment that the EPA wasn’t necessary. In the same keyboard stroke, that commenter proclaimed, “big companies need do the right thing.” Well guess what? Without being regulated and held to government standards, most of the country's big …
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As we shared with you last week, Lamar and I just became bloggers for the Moms Clean Air Force (MCAF). We are new to the environmental movement. Yes, we recycle, we try to save energy, and we have a hybrid (I am proud of that fact), I know that we can do more. And thanks …
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Moms Clean Air Force has a newly designed website, and I’m delighted to welcome you to our community. We’re creating a movement for people who see air pollution as a straightforward, urgently important health issue. Our goals are simple: educate people about why air pollution is still a big problem; raise awareness about what’s at …
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We are back to school, which means for asthma sufferers a new transitional period of adjustment. Starting school presents so many factors that can exacerbate the respiratorily-challenged— from the change to Fall weather to the newly painted classrooms filled with dust-laden story-time rugs, dander carrying class pets and chalk. Not to mention football field …
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This piece was cross posted on The Examiner. We Texans love to be number one. We like to say, “don’t mess with Texas” and “everything’s big in Texas.” These sayings embody our pride in our state and our collective spirit to do things well and right and for the greatest possible impact. This winning attitude …
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This piece was cross-posted on Farmer's Daughter. During a recent Moms Clean Air Force twitter chat: African American Asthma Rates and What Moms Can Do About It (listen to a related MCAF podcast here) , I was intrigued to learn about C’BS ALife Allah and his Hood Health Handbook. It truly is a small world, because when …
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This piece was cross-posted at Examiner. Oh, Gracious! I am looking at a map of Texas, but I can’t find my beloved Houston…Ah, yes! I see it! It’s under all of those green balloons. And those balloons, looming like thick clouds of smog, represent all of the coal-fired power plants located in and around my …
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This piece was cross posted at Non-Toxic Kids. Last week, the Moms Clean Air Force hosted its first Blog Talk Radio program about Asthma rates in African American children. The facts below are outrageous and unacceptable– and should motivate us to support cleaner air standards immediately. Consider: *African American children have a 260% higher emergency …
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