Author: Ronnie Citron-Fink

Ronnie Citron-Fink is a writer, editor and educator. She is the editorial director of Moms Clean Air Force. She has written and edited thousands of articles about green living and the environment for websites, books and magazines. Ronnie is the creator of Econesting. Her posts can also be found on Huffington Post, Care2, Planet Green, Inhabitat, Yahoo!Green, Treehugger and other sites. Ronnie was named one of the Top Ten Living Green Experts by Yahoo. She has been a contributor to Family Fun and is included in their books. Ronnie was a teacher for many years and is the mother of two children. .

EPA Enforcement is Declining Across Every U.S. Region

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON December 12, 2018

Trump’s EPA is appalling. It’s retreat from protecting our families from pollution has already launched a process to sabotage and ultimately destroy our Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. These are protections that keep mercury, a terrible poison, from harming our babies’ brains. Under the leadership of Andrew Wheeler,...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, EPA, Ozone, Politics, Pollution, Science

There’s No Such Thing As Clean Coal

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON December 3, 2018

Here’s a dirty little secret: “U.S. taxpayers have spent billions of dollars subsidizing chemically treated refined coal.” “The tax-credit program is bridging the divide to make coal clean and beautiful,” said North Dakota Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer, borrowing President Trump’s two favorite adjectives to describe...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Children's Health, Coal, Mercury Poisoning, Ozone, Pregnancy, Renewable Energy, Soot

Children of the Future on Air Pollution (Interactive Map)

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON September 20, 2018

Our atmosphere is getting warmer and our weather is getting more extreme. Although earth’s climate has experienced natural cycles of warming and cooling over millions of years, the global warming of today is caused by human activity and is altering the atmosphere in ways never...

TOPICS: Air Pollution, Climate Change

Paul McCartney’s New Climate Change Song Hits the Mark

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON September 18, 2018

Paul McCartney’s new album, Egypt Station captured our hearts with a relevant song about climate change. The title of the song says it all, Despite Repeated Warning. In an interview with the BBC, Paul says, “People who deny climate change…I just think it’s the most stupid...

TOPICS: Climate Change

Mark Ruffalo Offers A Glimmer of Climate Hope

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON August 15, 2018

Interested in taking some sage advice from actor Mark Ruffalo about how to stay upbeat in these dark political times? With the world experiencing a hot, deadly summer, it’s hard to find anything positive about record-high temperatures, wildfires and heat waves. And with experts like...

TOPICS: Activism, Climate Change, Politics

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