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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?

    LEARN MORE

  • 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.

    READ OUR STATEMENT

  • 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.

    WATCH THE GMA SEGMENT

  • 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.”

    WATCH THE GMA SEGMENT

  • 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.

    WATCH THE VIDEO

  • 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.

    Watch the Video

  • 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.

    LEARN HOW FRACKING CONNECTS TO PLASTICS

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Latest News

Why Is EPA Fast-Tracking Plastic Trash as a Renewable Biofuel?

by Dominique Browning

Plastic is not a biofuel. So why is EPA inserted waste plastic into a program designed to fast-track the production of renewable fuels from plants, algae, and other biological sources.

Women of Faith, Women of Color Mobilize for Climate and Health Justice

by Moms Clean Air Force

Women of color and women of faith know that climate change negatively impacts our families. We’ve joined together to co-author an open letter calling for climate justice.

Moms Testify Soot Pollution Threatens Lives: Moms Make News

by Sarah McBride

Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia.

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