Author: Molly Rauch

As public health policy director, Molly Rauch develops clean air campaigns, creates educational resources, manages media outreach, cultivates partnerships and collaborations with other organizations, and writes about public health, science, and policy. She lives with her family in Washington, DC, where she serves on the District of Columbia’s Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency. Her writing on environmental health has appeared in Goodhousekeeping.com, Parents.com, and Huffington Post, among other publications. A native New Yorker, she holds a master’s degree in public health.

Mercury Protections Draw Broad Support

BY Molly Rauch ON February 6, 2019

This week, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), ranking member on the Senate Environmental Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined industry, health, faith, and environmental justice experts for a Senate briefing co-hosted by Moms Clean Air Force and Earthjustice. The topic: Why these “odd bedfellows” oppose EPA Acting...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Coal, EPA, Mercury Poisoning, Politics, Washington DC

Experts Discuss How Trump’s EPA is Attacking Standards That Keep Our Families Safe from Mercury

BY Molly Rauch ON January 11, 2019

Moms Clean Air Force recently gathered leading experts to discuss the EPA’s attack on the life-saving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The conversation brought Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) together with health, faith, and environmental justice experts, who discussed how undermining these standards is a direct...

TOPICS: Activism, African-American Community, Air Pollution, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Coal, Environment, Mercury Poisoning, Politics, Religion, Science

Health Experts Warn of Dire Impacts of Climate Change

BY Molly Rauch ON December 7, 2018

Climate change threatens the health of Americans and is having major impacts now, according to a recent report from the Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals. The annual report, called the Lancet Countdown, is a collaboration of researchers from 27 leading academic institutions,...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Carbon Pollution, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Coal, EPA, Heart Health, Heat and Extreme Weather, Politics, Pollution, Science

A Global View of Air Pollution

BY Molly Rauch ON November 28, 2018

Air is the great unifier. Every person, every place, every minute — we all share the air. But across the world, in places too many to count, the air we breathe is polluted and unhealthy. Air pollution is a leading cause of death worldwide. It...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Children's Health

Why Power Companies Want to Keep Mercury Standards

BY Molly Rauch ON October 15, 2018

Last week, the White House and EPA launched a dangerous proposal that would ease restrictions on mercury pollution. This was the first official move in a play to undermine the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards: a lifesaving, fully implemented, effective pollution prevention rule – one...

TOPICS: Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Coal, EPA, Mercury Poisoning

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