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.

Articles by Molly Rauch

Clean Cars for Future Drivers

by Molly Rauch

Transportation is the largest source of climate change pollution in the US. Young people are paying close attention, as they prepare to strike for a cleaner climate future. So we need to be slashing climate pollution from cars and trucks as quickly as possible, not rolling back climate protections.

Air Pollution Is Changing the Way We Raise Our Kids

by Molly Rauch

A new report from the National Parks Conservation Association shows that the air in our national parks – a vast 85-million-acre system of 419 sites in every state, ranging from monuments to battlefields to historic sites and more – is also sub-par. In fact, 96% of our national parks are plagued with significant air pollution problems.

Moms Clean Air Force Testifies Before Congress on Defending Mercury Standards

by Molly Rauch

Moms Clean Air Force’s Heather McTeer Toney joined other leading experts to testify in opposition to Trump’s EPA controversial proposal to undermine our country’s mercury pollution standards. “Why Administrator Wheeler would ever consider weakening a rule that protects babies’ brains is senseless.”