Moms Clean Air Force: Fighting Air Pollution & Climate Change

Moms Clean Air Force is a community of moms and dads united against air pollution – including the urgent crisis of our changing climate – to protect our children’s health.

We arm members with reliable information and solutions through online resources, articles, action tools and on-the-ground events.

Moms Clean Air Force is a special project of Environmental Defense Fund.

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With More Petrochemical Fires, Texas is Failing Its Citizens

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON March 25, 2019

Two industrial fires recently sent thick plumes of black smoke into the air over the Houston area, putting the health and well-being of families at risk. Officials ordered people to shelter in place because of elevated levels of benzene, a known carcinogen. Schools closed. Mothers...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Autism, Children's Health, Texas, Toxics

Thank You, Congressman Paul Tonko

BY Dominique Browning ON March 21, 2019

I wanted to say an enormous, heartfelt thank you to Congressman Paul Tonko, for your beautifully articulated principles for action on climate change. They are smart, succinct, encompassing and inspiring. Exactly the kind of integrity and leadership we need to see, to cut through the...

TOPICS: Climate Change, Economics, New York, Politics, Science, Social Justice

Moms Testify at EPA Mercury Hearing

BY Molly Rauch ON March 21, 2019

Dozens of Moms Clean Air Force members and staff from more than 15 states testified this week at the only public hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to attack the legal foundation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The moms, dads, and...

TOPICS: Activism, African-American Community, Air Pollution, Cancer, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, EPA, Mercury Poisoning, Washington DC

Long-Delayed Methylene Chloride Ban Finalized But Still Leaves Workers at Risk

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON March 18, 2019

This post is from the EDF health team: Last Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has finalized a rule that bans methylene chloride in paint strippers for consumer uses but still allows use of the deadly products in workplaces. Instead of banning commercial...

TOPICS: Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, EPA, Toxics

“We Are Never Too Small to Make a Difference!” Photos of Hope from the Kids’ Climate Strike

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON March 18, 2019

It was estimated that 1.4 million students from around the world skipped classes and went on strike last Friday to demand action on climate change. “This movement had to happen, we didn’t have a choice,” wrote 16 year old Swedish activist and strike leader Greta Thunberg, who...

TOPICS: Activism, Children's Health, Climate Change, Massachusetts, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Schools, Social Justice

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