Activism




 I went to Texas to participate in EPA’s public hearing on the smog standard on January 29, 2015. Here is the testimony I delivered. I am here as a public health expert to talk about the health effects of smog, and to respectfully urge...




 889 million dollars. I can’t stop thinking about that number. That’s the amount of funding the Koch brothers are committing to get the president they want into the White House. 889 million dollars. Will that buy oil and gas companies the right to pollute...

  This was written by Dr. Heidi Hutner, Director of the Sustainability Studies Program at Stony Brook University: My seventeen-year old daughter, Olivia and I traveled to Northern California for winter holiday break. Olivia is in the throws of an intense “junior year” of high...

I am over the moon! Moms Clean Air Force was invited to sit in the First Lady’s box this evening as President Obama delivers his sixth State of the Union address. To me, this signals the president’s commitment to doing all he can to tackle...

The exciting news just announced that Governor Cuomo will ban fracking in New York State is proof positive that galvanizing the public about the health dangers inherent to fossil fuels can move the needle and influence public leaders. The squeaky wheel gets the oil, and...