Activism

Facebook Soars To 30,000! Thank You MCAF Members!

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON March 25, 2013

We hit a historic moment at Moms Clean Air Force today — our FACEBOOK page soared to 30,000! We want to THANK YOU, because without your passion for creating a healthier world for our children, we could never have formed such an inspiring clean air...

TOPICS: Activism, Motherhood, Pollution

Autism, Air Pollution and the Developing Fetus

BY Bridget James ON March 25, 2013

On March 1st of this year, a new research study connecting autism and air pollution was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed journal published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The largest of its kind, this study shows a correlation between autism...

TOPICS: Activism, Autism, Motherhood, Pollution, Pregnancy, Utah

Trash The Detroit Incinerator

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON March 20, 2013

This is a guest post written by Ahmina Maxey: In 1986 the city of Detroit constructed the world’s largest municipal incinerator. It was lauded by the city’s government and citizens as it was expected to bring economic prosperity to Detroit. It was thought that industries would...

TOPICS: Activism, Asthma, Economics, Michigan, Pollution

Utah’s Air Pollution: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

BY Bridget James ON March 14, 2013

Years ago, while finishing up my Environmental Studies degree at the University of Utah, I remember learning about toxic smelting plants. It was a public uproar in the Salt Lake Valley over a hundred years ago. I’ll never forget my surprise when I learned that...

TOPICS: Activism, Coal, Pollution, Toxics, Utah

Raffi’s Coming!

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON March 12, 2013

Do you associate songs with emotions, people, and times? Well, Raffi’s playful tunes were the soundtrack of my family’s early life. Long before my children discovered the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, the “power of song” was sung by Raffi. His music was part my children’s...

TOPICS: Activism, Renewable Energy, Social Justice

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