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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Wheeler Needs to Wheel Back the Censored Science Proposal

BY Dominique Browning ON July 19, 2018

The tobacco industry tried to censor public health science 20 years ago — and Congress didn’t let them get away with it. The tobacco industry and its lobby proposed a law to change the kind of data that was used to prove a link between...

TOPICS: Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, EPA, Politics, Science, Texas

Moms Testify at EPA’s Censored Science Hearing

BY Molly Rauch ON July 17, 2018

This is my testimony from the Censored Science Public Hearing at EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC on July 17, 2018: Hello, my name is Molly Rauch and I am Public Health Policy Director with Moms Clean Air Force. Thank you for this opportunity to offer comment. On behalf of...

TOPICS: Activism, Air Pollution, EPA, MCAF News, Politics, Science

Mother and Son Join “People Over Polluters” Forum in Washington, DC

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON July 16, 2018

Hundreds of families joined our 5th annual Play-In for Climate Action and met with their Senators and Representatives on Wednesday, July 11th. National Field Manager, Trisha Sheehan and her 12 year old son, Logan, appeared before the Democratic Environmental Message Team and Leader Nancy Pelosi at the “People...

TOPICS: Activism, Air Pollution, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, MCAF News, Politics, Pollution, Toxics, Washington DC

Play-in for Climate Action 2018 Photos and More!

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON July 15, 2018

We were excited to host our 5th annual Play-In for Climate Action this week. Hundreds of parents and children from 30 states gathered near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC to call for meaningful action on climate change. This family-friendly protest against the air pollution that...

TOPICS: Activism, African-American Community, Air Pollution, Alaska, Asthma, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Colorado, Environment, EPA, Florida, Georgia, Great Lakes, Heat and Extreme Weather, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Latino Community, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, MCAF News, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Motherhood, Nevada, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Politics, Pollution, Social Justice, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Pruitt 2.0

BY Marcia G. Yerman ON July 9, 2018

Recent top headlines focused on two stories: Family separation of immigrants seeking asylum at America’s southern border, and the “exit” of Scott Pruitt from the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency. Upon initial reflection, these two narratives may appear unrelated. Yet further examination reveals the...

TOPICS: Activism, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Coal, EPA, Politics

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