Dominique Browning

More than a decade ago, Dominique Browning convened a series of conversations with women who had expertise in climate policy, regulatory and legal clean air issues, marketing, and business to discuss how to engage and mobilize people—and specifically mothers—to fight climate pollution. Moms Clean Air Force was formed of those conversations, with the mission of changing the focus of our national conversation about global warming from polar bears to people. Over the next decade, Moms Clean Air Force has grown to become a national organization of over 1.6 million mothers, with over a dozen state chapters, uniting to protect our children’s health and well-being by making sure our clean air, toxic chemicals, and climate rules and laws are as strong as they can be.

Previous to joining Environmental Defense Fund, Browning spent decades in the magazine world, where she worked as an editor at Esquire, Texas Monthly, and House & Garden. At the Washington Post’s Newsweek in the 1980s, she broke the glass ceiling in becoming the first woman assistant managing editor of any of the U.S. newsmagazines. She is the author of several books and has contributed regularly to Time.com and The New York Times.

Browning is a recipient of the Audubon Women in Conservation’s prestigious Rachel Carson Award. She was recently honored with an Advocates Award from Environmental Advocates of New York, named one of the Notable Leaders in Philanthropy 2025 by Crain's New York Business, and featured on the 2025 TIME100 Climate List. She was also awarded the "BreatheLife Voice" honor by the World Health Organization. As a BreatheLife Voice, she joins an international contingent of leaders who use their platforms to call attention to the dangers of air pollution—and drive solutions.

Thoughts of the disruption and devastation ahead for humanity on our rapidly warming planet keep Browning up at night. Running Moms Clean Air Force is a way to be able to look her two sons, and her grandchild, in the eye, and tell them she is doing everything she can to protect the future for all children.

Articles by Dominique Browning

Congress Must Protect the Post Office

by Dominique Browning

What happens to our democracy when the mail system is at risk during a global pandemic?

Tear Gas in Every Breath

by Dominique Browning

We stand with Portland moms who linked arms to protect the protestors and got teargassed by federal troops. We stand with moms everywhere, fighting for Justice in Every Breath.

Step Up Climate Action to Protect our Children

by Dominique Browning

Today, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, released a report, “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.” Moms Clean Air Force applauds the release of this groundbreaking report, and we urge congress to step up climate action to protect our children.

The Racism of the EPA Agenda

by Dominique Browning

We do not all breathe the same air. We are now a country that is — with the oversight of the Senate committee that is upholding a radical and racist deregulatory agenda — allowing our EPA to increase air pollution everywhere, but especially in communities of color.

Rediscovering the Magic of a Cardboard Box During a Pandemic

by Dominique Browning

For many people, delivery of goods has become a lifeline. With 90% of our shipped goods packaged in cardboard, there’s lots of cardboard boxes hanging around. Now our kids are discovering the fun of building with cardboard boxes!

Wishing You a Happy Mother’s Day

by Dominique Browning

To all the newest mothers among us, from all the newest grandmothers, aunts, sisters, and friends — we thank you for the gift you give us all, the gift of new life. A gift that renews our determination to be worthy of the trust that we can make this a world worth joining.