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Vice President Harris Adds Her Voice to Moms’ Play-In
“I am grateful for your ongoing leadership and collaboration across all levels of government,” writes Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter to Moms Clean Air Force for our 2024 Play-In for Climate Action.
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Congresswoman Introduces Children’s Health Resolution at Moms’ Play-In
On July 23, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) introduced a resolution calling attention to children’s unique vulnerabilities to extreme weather—and advocating for urgently needed adaptations to keep kids safe—at Moms Clean Air Force’s Play-In for Climate Action in DC.
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What are the Health Impacts of Hurricanes?
Hurricanes can affect our health in numerous ways. Climate change is making hurricanes more intense and slower-moving, providing them added time to dump damaging rains. Learn about the direct and indirect impacts of hurricanes on our health.
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Wildfires and Your Health
Climate change is making wildfires worse. Wildfires across the country are burning more intensely than ever before, and they can have a significant impact on our health.
Read how to protect your family in our fact sheet.
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Moms Celebrate Wins from EPA
The EPA has finalized stronger pollution rules that will keep our air safer to breathe — from mercury to power plants, methane, soot, cars and trucks, and chemical manufacturing facilities.
Members of Moms Clean Air Force fought hard for each of these protections, and we thank EPA.
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Moms’ Dominique Browning on Plastics and Climate Change in the New York Times
“I sometimes wish I could be in denial. I wish I could take a walk and not see the ugly carelessness. But denial is a luxury; ‘better to light a candle than curse the darkness.’ I’ve made a choice not to be paralyzed by despair.”
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Turning plastic trash into air pollution
Plastics lobbyists are trying to confuse Congress, EPA, and regular people like you and me by promoting something called “advanced recycling” or “chemical recycling.” Want to see for yourself what they’re ACTUALLY talking about?
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Watch the Moms Climate Summit
On February 8, 2024, Moms Clean Air Force hosted our inaugural Climate Disruption, Air Pollution, and Young People’s Health event, which brought together experts focusing on the challenges and solutions surrounding climate change and children’s health. Speakers included EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Chelsea Clinton, White House CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory, and other climate and health leaders.
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Plastics and Climate Change
Plastics and other petrochemicals are the world’s fastest-growing industrial source of greenhouse gases. They are a significant part of the climate-and-fossil-fuels crisis. Every step of the plastics supply chain releases greenhouse gases and other harmful pollutants.
Learn how the fossil fuel industry affects climate change and what we can do.
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A Climate Conversation with Ana Flores
Ana Flores, CEO of We All Grow Latina, sits down to EcoMadres’ Isabel González Whitaker to talk about her journey from mom blogger to advocate to leader. She shares ways to care for children’s mental health in a changing world and climate, the importance of a “slow life” ethos to her family, and the limitless possibilities she sees in a world with Justice in Every Breath.
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People Magazine Features Moms Clean Air Force
People Magazine highlights the story of Moms Clean Air Force and founder Dominique Browning. The article explains how Moms Clean Air Force came to engage and mobilize “an impressive army of more than a million moms…” to fight climate pollution.
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What to Know About the Petrochemical Industry: Q & A
Plastics are everywhere, and the industry that makes them is booming. The ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemicals comes at a steep cost to our health, especially for those living near production and processing facilities.
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VIDEO: JULIANNE MOORE FOR MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE
“I remember when I was pregnant, my doctor told me not to eat tuna fish. It is contaminated with mercury. Mercury in food goes right to a baby’s brain. It damages the developing brains of fetuses…. When I was pregnant, I stopped eating tuna. But I never stopped to think about where all that poisonous mercury comes from. Mercury comes from air pollution.”
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.
