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Clean Air Is Sacred To Catholics
Latinos And Clean Air: A Personal Attack
Read a post from a Latino mom relating the high number of Latinos affected by pollution and the callous moves by Congress to allow more air pollution.
Mothers Intent On Activism
Read an interview with Joanne Bamberger, author of Mother of Intention: How Women and Social Media Are Revolutionizing Politics In America.
Why Air Pollution is Worse for Black Children
Read an excerpt from a article by an MCAF blogger about the increased effects of air pollution and asthma on African American children.
Life Is Unfair When It Comes To Clean Air
Find out how air pollution disproportionately affects members of the African American community, leading to more health problems.
Fuming About Fumigants In Strawberry Fields
Read about a chemical used on strawberry crops in California, against the advice of scientists, that is harmful to field workers and nearby communities.
Does The Latino Community Care About Clean Air?
A Latino mom and Moms Clean Air Force member asks the members of her community to join her in fighting for clean air and a better environment.
J.C. Penney: How About this for a Tee Shirt: “I’m Too Cute to Die of Asthma”
JC Penney pulled a controversial t-shirt from shelves after angry moms protested. Maybe those angry moms should make air pollution t-shirts instead.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Responds to EPA Naysayers
Read an interview with Rep. Jan Schakowsky explaining the importance of the EPA and the Clean Air Act and discussing Republican attacks on clean air.
Chandra Brown: Fighting Pollution in Southern Georgia
Read about one mom who is fighting against a new power plant that will add more mercury to already contaminated local waters, poisoning nearby communities.
How Mercury Poisoning Works
Learn how mercury pollutes the air we breathe, the food we eat and how mercury poisoning affects our children.
The Asthma Epidemic Among Latino Kids and What Moms Can Do About It
Find out about the connection between particulate pollution from power plants and increased rates of asthma in Latino children.