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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Trump Administration Ends Talks With California, Presses Ahead With Clean Car Standards Rollback

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON February 21, 2019

This post was written by Martha Roberts and Erin Murphy, attorneys for EDF. The Trump administration announced today that it will end negotiations with California and press ahead with its attempts to roll back America’s successful Clean Car Standards. Rolling back the Clean Car...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, California, Cars and Trucks, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Politics

Pending Pick for EPA Chief is Bad for Kids, Bad for Colorado

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON February 20, 2019

This op-ed published originally in Colorado Politics was written by Christine Berg. Christine is the Colorado field organizer for Moms Clean Air Force: A toxic class of synthetic chemicals known as PFAS has contaminated drinking water across the country including here in Colorado. Under immense pressure from...

TOPICS: Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Coal, Colorado, EPA, Politics, Pollution, Toxics

New Study: Pesticide Levels in Families Drop Dramatically After One Week of Eating Organic

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON February 20, 2019

This was written by Robyn O’Brien: A groundbreaking peer-reviewed study published in the journal Environmental Research found that switching to an organic diet significantly reduced the levels of synthetic pesticides found in all participants – after less than one week. On average, the pesticides detected...

TOPICS: Cancer, Children's Health, Food, Pollution, Pregnancy, Toxics

Interview: Dr. Leonardo Trasande, Author of Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future and What We Can Do About It

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON February 19, 2019

Of the 80,000 chemicals currently used in the US, most haven’t been tested for their effects on our health. These chemicals are everywhere. They lurk in things our children come in contact with every single day: furniture, toys, cleaning products, personal care products, and our...

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

Washington State Leads with New Health Justice Mapping Tool

BY Marcia G. Yerman ON February 19, 2019

Several years ago, I wrote about an environmental justice mapping tool called EJ Screen. It was during the time of the Obama administration; developed under the leadership of EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy. Under the Trump administration, environmental policy is changing, and it’s taken a major...

TOPICS: Social Justice, Washington State

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