• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Moms Clean Air Force

Fighting for Our Kids' Health

  • Take Action
    • Right Now
      • Sign a Petition
      • Register to Vote
      • Volunteer for Clean Air
      • Clean Air Action Guide
    • Attend an Event
      • Event Calendar
      • Forum on Maternal & Child Health in a Dangerous Climate
    • En Español
      • EcoMadres
    • Support Moms
      • Donate
  • What We Work On
    • Moms Priorities
      • EPA Work
      • Legislation We Support
      • Justice in Every Breath
      • Moms & Mayors
      • EcoMadres
    • Air Pollution
      • Cars and Trucks
      • Electric School Buses
      • Maternal Health
      • Mercury
      • Ozone Pollution
      • Soot Pollution
    • Climate Change
      • Carbon Pollution
      • Clean Energy
      • Extreme Weather
      • Mental Health
      • Methane
    • Plastics and Petrochemicals
      • “Advanced Recycling”
      • Petrochemical Pollution
      • Waste Incineration
    • Toxic Chemicals
      • Chemical Safety
      • Schools and Playgrounds
      • Vinyl Chloride
  • Where We Work
    • State Chapters
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Michigan
      • Montana
      • Nevada
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New Mexico
      • New York
      • North Carolina
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Tennessee
      • Texas
      • Virginia
      • Washington
      • Washington, DC
      • West Virginia
      • Wisconsin
  • Who We Are
    • Mission

      We are a community of over 1.5 million parents united against air and climate pollution to protect our children’s health.

      • Learn More
    • Our Team
      • National Team
      • Field Organizers
      • Job Openings
    • Learn More
      • Our Mission
      • Legislation We Support
      • Notable Achievements
      • 2024 Annual Report
      • Newsletter Archive
    • Programs
      • EcoMadres
      • Community Health Justice
      • Indigenous Communities
    • Get in Touch
      • Contact Us
      • Media Inquiries
  • Articles
    • All Articles
      • Topics
        • Plastics and Petrochemicals
        • Mom Detective
        • Air Pollution
        • Climate Change
        • Toxic Chemicals
    • The Climate Questionnaire: Juliette Kayyem, Author of The Devil Never Sleeps
      My Climate Job: Suzie Hicks, Environmental Educator and Filmmaker 
      Trump Loves Crypto. Here’s How Communities Are Grappling With Its Mining 
      Cutting Funding for Air Quality Alerts Puts Kids at Risk
  • Resources
  • Press
    • Media Contact

      For all urgent press inquiries, please contact DKC News

      • MomsCleanAirForce@dkcnews.com
    • Moms in the Media
      • Press Releases
      • News Stories
      • Moms Make News Archives
  • Donate

FacebookTwitterinstagram

  • Take Action
  • Join the Force
  • Donate

Mark R. Burns

Mark Burns is a playwright and screenwriter whose credits include the screenplays for Married to the Mob and She-Devil. His most recent play, The Club, is a dark comedy about a violent clash of American values at a 13-hole golf course in the rural Northeast. He is currently writing a screenplay about the evolution of the ecosystem on a Texas bison ranch and its fight for survival against hydrofrackers. The father of three sons, he has lived in the Hudson Valley of New York for 20 years.
.

Articles by Mark R. Burns

kids sitting in a tree

A Tree is a Sink

by Mark R. Burns

Learn how trees store excess carbon from the atmosphere and release oxygen. And find out how we can plant more trees while slowing deforestation to help address climate change.

Read more »

Horned Larks from The Field Museum’s collections, with gray birds from the turn of the century and cleaner birds from more recent years when there was less soot in the atmosphere. CREDIT (c) Carl Fuldner and Shane DuBay, The University of Chicago and The Field Museum

Little Birds Tell Us A Dirty Air Pollution Secret

by Mark R. Burns

Learn about measuring air pollution, particularly soot pollution, in the United States spanning decades using bird specimens in museums.

Read more »

Danger Hazardous Chemicals sign

Toxic Hurricane: Harvey’s Not Finished With Houston

by Mark R. Burns

Learn about the chemical threats that occurred before, during and after Hurricane Harvey and how we need a strong EPA now more than ever.

Read more »

Toasting the Toasting of the Planet

by Mark R. Burns

Read about companies, including Anheuser-Busch, who have committed to using renewable energy and learn what steps they are taking to act on climate change.

Read more »

No EPA Funding = No Environmental Justice

by Mark R. Burns

Learn how President Trump’s EPA budget cuts will impact communities of color, mainly through withdrawal of funding for the Office of Environmental Justice.

Read more »

Breathing Dirty Air Accounts For 1 Of Every 8 Deaths Worldwide

by Mark R. Burns

Learn about a World Health Organization report has put a real number on air pollution deaths, a toll in the millions.

Read more »

Paris When It Coughs

by Mark R. Burns

Find out how the city of Paris dealt with episodes of sever particulate matter pollution, making it unsafe to walk in the City of Light.

Read more »

“A” is for “Astounded”

by Mark R. Burns

Hear from screenwriter, playwright, and father Mark Burns on why he is astounded by President Obama’s recently announced climate action plan.

Read more »

Dad Skills

by Mark R. Burns

Read about a dad who on this Father’s Day is learning about the things he should teach his sons and adds to the usual list how to participate in democracy.

Read more »

¿Estamos en las nubes?

by Mark R. Burns

Primero sacas una foto – bueno, más bien 27– de tu hijo de tres años soplando las velas de su tarta de cumpleaños. ¡Qué mono! Luego las subes a Picasa o a Facebook, o las arrastras hasta Dropbox. Muy sencillo. Muy conveniente. Atención, pregunta: ¿y dónde …

Read more »

Not A Cloud In The Sky

by Mark R. Burns

Find out how storing information in data clouds is not green at all, with the massive electricity and maintenance required creating air pollution.

Read more »

Dads in the Fight

by Mark R. Burns

Learn about one dad’s role in caring for his children when they were young and caring for the health of their planet and their air now.

Read more »

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Join the force and stay updated on opportunities to take action:

Donate

Footer

Moms Clean Air Force ®

We are a community of 1.5 million moms and dads united against air pollution – including the urgent crisis of our changing climate – to protect our children’s health.

Areas of Focus

  • Air Pollution
  • Climate Change
  • Toxic Chemicals

FacebookTwitterinstagram

© 2025 Moms Clean Air Force
All rights reserved

Privacy Policy