EcoMadres held their Second Annual Summit on September 12 in Las Vegas. “From Heat to Hope—Forging Climate Solutions Through Community” brought together parents, health experts, policymakers, advocates, and community leaders to call for action on global warming. The summit included a panel about the harms of plastics pollution and extreme heat on maternal health, emphasizing the disproportionate risks that Latino communities face.
The Nevada Independent covered the summit and quotes EcoMadres Nevada Field Organizer Mary Wagner. Mary details her experience working with mothers struggling to stay healthy and keep their children, many of whom have respiratory issues, safe as well. She also describes how many of these mothers are worrying about the health of their children while also struggling to make ends meet.
In addition, many people don’t understand the full range of risks that come with chronic exposure to extreme heat, summit panelist Dr. Joanne Leovy, founder of Nevada Clinicians for Climate Action, explains in the Nevada Current.
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The session wrapped up by encouraging all to engage in climate action—because we all should feel empowered to step up to protect the health of ourselves, our children, and our community.
In other news
- Arizona Field Organizer Fabiola Bedoya argues that clean air is an essential school supply, just like pencils and notebooks, and calls for clean energy solutions in an AZ Bilingual op-ed.
- Associate Vice President for Public Engagement Isabel González Whitaker explains how Moms is fighting against the Trump administration’s POLLUTION SPREE in Yale Climate Connections. The segment ran on 700 local radio stations across the country.
- Wisconsin Field Organizer Jayne Black talks to WORT 89.9 FM’s show Her Turn about the Sun Day celebration in Madison. Sun Day was a nationwide day of action, celebrating the power of clean energy, on September 21.
- A Green Matters feature explores how Moms are uncovering orphaned wells and helping to catalyze stronger protections from major pollutants. Senior Field Director Patrice Tomcik and Project Manager Danielle Berkowitz-Sklar are both highlighted in the piece.
- Patrice also details the hazardous health impacts of the 300,000 to 700,000 abandoned and orphaned wells in Pennsylvania alone in Trib Live.
- The Cool Down ran several features on Moms this month, highlighting our critique of the Department of Energy’s Climate Working Group, Field Organizer Jayne Black’s calls for electric school buses in Wisconsin, and Alexandra Zissu’s work to investigate the toxic chemicals hiding in everyday products for our Moms Detective series.
- Ohio River Valley Field Organizer Rachel Meyer warns in the Charleston Gazette-Mail that if Clean-Seas West Virginia is permitted to open a plastics incineration facility, the threat of air pollution and chemical fires to surrounding communities will dangerously rise.
Honorable mentions
Over the last few weeks, Moms also earned mentions in MSN and Pique News Magazine.
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