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 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, …

This month Moms Clean Air Force is celebrating Earth Day by asking you to join us in a contest! Despite the overwhelming evidence of current and future impacts from climate change, decision-makers at the national level have done very little. It’s time to do something about that. It’s not just the future we’re talking about, …

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 …

This was written by MCAF's Social Media Director, Shaun Dakin: I have a particular fondness for photography exhibits. So when I read the National Archives was opening up their DOCUMERICA archive to the public here in Washington, DC, I jumped at a chance to go. As I quietly danced (the sounds of the 70’s echoed …

Do you associate songs with emotions, people, and times? Well, Raffi’s playful tunes were the soundtrack of my family’s early life. Long before my children discovered the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, the “power of song” was sung by Raffi. His music was part my children’s childhood — and part of my young parenting life. I …

There are a plethora of ads put forth by oil companies to promote the "social good" they are doing. As a writer on environmental issues, I happen to be aware of the flip side of the story. So while British Petroleum pushes their “Voices from the Gulf” tourism travelogues about how great it is to …

I joined with nearly 50,000 protesters who endured freezing winds to express their fervent desire that President Obama take bold action on climate change. For my husband and I, the Forward on Climate rally was a culmination of years of living a green lifestyle. It was time to move beyond the recycling bin and compost pile …

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 …

This was written by Catherine Woodiwiss for Climate Progress: Eighteen months after the first major protests in DC against the Keystone XL pipeline made headlines for weeks and saw hundreds of protestors arrested, Sunday’s Forward on Climate rally gathered the "NO XL" faithful for what organizers called the "biggest climate rally by far in history." And as with anti-Keystone protests past, …