This was written by Cassidy Randall for Women's Voices for the Earth: People often ask me, “Why a women’s environmental organization?” I always take a breath before answering, because there are so many reasons, and because each one contributes to my passion to get toxic chemicals out of our world: Women’s health problems linked to toxic …

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 …

  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 …

We have great news! Singer and advocate Raffi will be performing concerts the US this spring–and his concerts will be presented in association with Moms Clean Air Force! Millions know Raffi for his work as a children’s entertainer whose string of gold and platinum-selling recordings in North America includes his classic, “Baby Beluga.” Raffi has been called …

Last week we hit 5,000 followers on Twitter — a historic moment for MCAF and clean air! Once again, we thank our powerful group of followers for their ongoing support and passion. As our community steadily grows, we engage more and more followers. And you know what that means? More and more people around the …

At a public hearing in Philadelphia this week, Moms Clean Air Force joined with healthcare professionals, corporate leaders, religious leaders, community members, state air quality managers, recreation groups, environmental groups and many others to tell the Environmental Protection Agency that we support its proposed cleaner gasoline

Last week, Moms Clean Air Force bloggers and friends fanned out across the country to ask retailers to “Mind the Store.” The new campaign, from MCAF partner Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, aims to get top retailers to take toxic chemicals off their shelves. I was honored to be part of this group. In the days since I …

A typical Earth Day celebration might entail planting a tree in your yard and teaching children about the importance of low-impact living by promoting the habits of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." But in Utah, the celebration of Earth Day has taken on a new spin, and it's anything but earth-friendly. Utah's Department of Oil, Gas and …

This was written by MCAF Leadership Circle member Tina Beattie:  I recently spent a few days at an amazing conference — Tina Brown and Diane Von Furstenberg's Women in the World Summit – celebrating the work women are doing across the globe to impact women’s issues, global issues. Basking in the luminaries speeches was invigorating, …

Yesterday I took the fight for safer chemicals to the streets. Well, not exactly to the streets. I took it to the Safeway store in Silver Spring, Maryland, with my friend Laura MacCleery, of the blog Laura’s Rules. That’s because we joined with a national campaign called Mind the Store. We are asking the nation’s …