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Extreme Weather and Our Changing Climate
Human-caused climate change is triggering increasingly extreme weather. We are now experiencing more severe heat waves, fiercer wildfires, wilder hurricanes, heavier floods, and drier droughts.
How does climate change create extreme weather?
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New Particle Pollution Standards From EPA
On Friday, January 6, EPA Administrator Michael Regan proposed new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter pollution, also known as soot.
These standards are an important step but need to be strengthened.
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Moms Applaud New EPA Clean Trucks Plan
On Tuesday, December 20, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its Clean Trucks Plan, outlining a series of actions that the agency will take to reduce pollution from new freight trucks and buses.
Members of Moms Clean Air Force joined Administrator Michael Regan at the EPA as he announced the plan.
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Moms in the News: Jennifer Cantley on GMA
Watch Jennifer Cantley, a mom and our Nevada organizer, share her family’s story on Good Morning America.
The network highlights the connection between climate change and childrens’ health and the importance of taking action.
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Moms in the News: Elizabeth Bechard on GMA
Listen to Elizabeth Bechard, a mom and our Senior Policy Analyst, tell Good Morning America why acting with others is one of the most important things we can do for our kids and the climate.
“We love our kids. And taking climate action in any form — thinking about it as a way of expressing your love for your kids can help you stay connected to that sense of why this matters so much.”
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Small Wells are a Big Methane Problem
There are tens of thousands of small leak-prone wells across Pennsylvania. Learn more about how these leaky wells could affect your family’s health.
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EPA Awards $1 Billion in Electric School Bus Funding
In October, EPA awarded $1 billion in federal funding for clean, electric school buses to school districts in all 50 states and DC.
This is great news for our kids and our climate — made possible by the 5-year, $5 billion investment in clean school buses included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Law, passed by Congress in 2021.
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A Front Row Seat to Making Climate History
National Field Manager Elizabeth Brandt shares the story behind the passage of the Inflation Reduction Law.
She says: “It’s a story of showing up and speaking up, shaking hands and holding signs, bringing children to the halls of Congress and the steps of the Capitol, and keeping up our energy through an intense year of climate advocacy and activism.”
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PATRICE TOMCIK IN THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Our Senior National Field Manager, Patrice Tomcik, promised her son she would do everything in her power to “protect him from ever having to go through the nightmare of cancer treatment again.” That means fighting for protections for ALL children near oil & gas.
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CLEAN AIR, CLIMATE, HEALTH EQUITY—AND INEQUITY: INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
Moms Clean Air Force hosted an online conversation about the human connection between clean air, climate change, health, and health equity in Indigenous and Tribal communities.
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PLASTICS AND PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS
Ethane “cracker plants” are industrial facilities that create the building blocks for plastics manufacturing.
They also create air pollution that harms our health and makes climate change worse.
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Get Involved in your State
We’re working on issues where you live.
Across the country we support local projects that help reduce air pollution, fight climate change, and improve the health of our children and families. Find your state chapter and learn how you can make a difference locally.
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