Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek made good on his lifelong goal to help people understand Native American culture and history when he founded a consulting firm to help organizations work with Tribes and understand Indigenous knowledge.
Articles by Julie Kimmel
One Family’s 8-Year PFAS Fight Exposes the Cost of Weaker Chemical Safety Laws
The Toxic Substances Control Act is currently under attack in Congress. The cruelty of this effort is not lost on Emily Marpe, who spent eight years fighting to protect her New York family from forever chemicals.
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Is Back. This Is How Moms Are Coping.
Read stories of how Moms Clean Air Force staff are coping as this latest round of climate-supercharged wildfire smoke disrupts our lives and our health.
250 Stories of Climate Disaster and Hope for America’s 250th Birthday
Stolen Summers: The Next 250, an action-driven art installation and storytelling event held in front of the U.S. Capitol on the eve of America’s 250th birthday, offered a nuanced way to observe this milestone.
Not So Marginal Wells: Invisible Pollution Threatens Michigan
The oil and gas industry isn’t the first thing to come to mind when someone says “Michigan.” But on a recent toxic tour, one mom learned what a serious threat leaky, low-producing oil and gas wells are in her state.
Oil Refineries, Highways, and Now AI? How This Denver Neighborhood Fights for Clean Air
Alfonso Espino’s northeast Denver community is fighting compound pollution threats—an oil refinery, two giant railyards, highway redevelopment, and now a massive fossil-fuel-powered data center campus.
Moms’ Advocacy Helps Suspend Operations at a Toxic “Advanced Recycling” Incinerator in Ohio
One mom’s persistent advocacy alongside a local coalition to stop the Freepoint “advanced recycling” incinerator from polluting has paid off. On May 28, the facility suspended its operations in Ohio!
Superkid Gavin Lynch Watched His Mom Speak Up—and Decided to Do the Same
Gavin Lynch, June’s Superkid of the Month, has been speaking out against oil and gas development in his neighborhood since he was eight. This fall, he’s headed to Clemson University to study environmental engineering.
Art as Action: An Illustrator Helps Youth Confront the Climate Crisis
Danica Novgorodoff is an artist and writer of books for all ages who believes that everyone, from protestors to organizers to educators to illustrators, has a place in the climate movement.
3 U.S. Tribal Advocates Fighting for Clean Air
This April, Moms’ Shaina Oliver and Liz Hurtado joined a who’s who of the top U.S. Tribal policymakers, regulators, and advocates for clean air at the 26th annual National Tribal Air Quality Forum. Here are 3 doing important work.
EPA Moves to Gut Key Pollution Law. Moms Say No.
Moms spoke out at EPA about a recent proposal to redefine what it means to “begin actual construction” in order to let polluters break ground on major new industrial facilities without air pollution permits or community input.
Families Deserve a Voice Before Polluters Break Ground on Dirty AI Data Centers
Join Moms in opposing a proposed EPA rule that would stop people from speaking out against development that could lock our families and neighborhoods into decades of added health risks.