Queridos hijos, I’ve never been one to care too much about celebrations like Mother’s Day. I feel they are way too commercialized and too much effort is put into material gifts. Plus, my dad — your abuelito — used to say that Mother’s Day is everyday! But I guess you’re too young to understand any of that. …

This post is from Voces Verdes: Voces Verdes, Presente, the National Hispanic Medical Association, their allies and members applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s and Obama Administration’s release of a proposal to limit industrial carbon pollution from new power plants, which is critical to protecting public health. “Power plants release more than two billion tons of …

Last week, new research was posted online linking a type of air pollution to behavioral problems in children. The study, from Columbia University’s School of Public Health, followed inner city children exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), a type of pollution resulting from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels like diesel, gas, and coal. Researchers measured …

This article is written by Kay Lazar for the Boston Globe:  Hospitalizations for asthma have been dramatically cut by a program that helps families reduce the conditions that trigger attacks, saving $1.46 in hospital care for every $1 spent on prevention, according to a Children’s Hospital Boston study being released today. The hospital’s program, the …

When my friend Amy asked me if I’d be interested in writing for a mom’s blog about clean air, my first reply was, “No, thanks. It’s not my thing.” Ironically, I think of myself as an activist, mother and nature lover, but being an advocate for environmental issues seemed like it fell outside of my …

There was a major clean air victory in Chicago this week. Advocates fought for more than a decade to close two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired plants. This was also a significant win for the children of Chicago’s Latino community. Both plants are located near Latino neighborhoods. Nationally, one in ten children suffer from …

This article was written by Fred Mogul for WNYC: Newborn infants of some immigrant mothers from the Caribbean have relatively high mercury levels in their blood. A new study looked at the habits of pregnant women in central Brooklyn and found 16 percent of their babies’ umbilical cords had enough mercury to land in the U.S. …

Si usted nunca ha tomado una acción política en los Estados Unidos, HOY es el día de firmar esta petición y escribirle al presidente Obama. No le tomará ni un minuto para tomar esta acción importante y proteger nuestros hijos. El cabildeo de los contaminadores está presionando a la Casa Blanca para debilitar fundamentalmente o …

This is a guest post from Green The Block about MCAF blogger, Elisa Batista: Who would’ve known that becoming a mom could turn you into an activist? Elisa Batista became a vocal advocate for clean air in the Latino community after having kids. The “Mama Bear” in her came out, Elisa says. Her instinct to …

This post was written by Kim Wasserman for the Chicago Tribune: I'm Peter's mom. He's that 6-year-old on those ads on the "L" trains or on billboards around town. You know, the one with the inhaler, the one he's been using since he was 3. That makes him luckier than his older brother Anthony, who …