This year’s TIME100 Climate List spotlights Moms’ Co-Founder and Director, Dominique Browning (pictured), as one of the “Defenders” in its catalog of the “100 most influential leaders” driving climate action. Outlets across the world celebrated this achievement, including The Legal Planet and Exame. Dominique also got a shout-out in the Sheeky Daily Read newsletter.
In her Time profile, Dominique explains she believes investing in renewable energy is a crucial step to advance the climate agenda—and should be taken by all individuals, companies, and levels of the government. Specifically calling out CEOs of oil companies, she encourages corporations to step into the future, reimagine their business models and promote renewable energy portfolios.
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Dominique closes out by offering gratitude to the more than 1.6 million moms and caregivers at Moms Clean Air Force who show up every day to defend climate protections and continually inspire her.
In other news
- National Health Manager Almeta Cooper writes that becoming a grandmother continues to inspire her to fight for climate protections, especially during Children’s Health Month, in an Word in Black op-ed.
- Florida Field Organizer Lorna Perez shares her eye-opening experiences with hurricanes and advocates for clean energy in an op-ed published in The Invading Sea, the Orlando Sentinel, and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
- Jambalaya News features advice from Iowa Field Organizer Karin Stein on how communities can prepare for more intense hurricanes by strengthening community ties.
- In a comment to El Informador, Director of Federal Policy Melody Reis warns that dangerous pollution spikes that pose serious threats to respiratory and neurological health may occur due to a partially shutdown EPA.
- PA Environment Digest Blog highlights the work of over 107,000 Moms in Pennsylvania to defend the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Pennsylvania Campaigns Coordinator Vanessa Lynch called the program, which is currently threatened by budget cuts, “the single most effective tool for cleaning up the air Pennsylvania families breathe.”
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