As families across the country reel from a summer of record-setting heat and other climate-change-fueled extreme weather events, EPA announced that it plans to stop protecting people from the planet-heating pollution produced by power plants.
Moms Clean Air Force’s Director and Co-Founder, Dominique Browning, responded to the news, telling The Verge: “Failure to limit climate pollution means more children ending up in the emergency room with asthma attacks and heatstroke, more families struggling to rebuild homes after harrowing storms. It means higher health care bills, higher insurance costs, and more economic struggle at a time when Americans cannot afford it.”
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Dominique’s reaction is also quoted in USA Today, Air Quality News, Northeast Times, and Mix Vale.
West Virginia Field Organizer Lani Wean echoes Dominique in her comments to Charleston Gazette-Mail, saying that EPA’s decision “will endanger our health, our lives, and our children’s right to a livable future.”
In other news
- El Diaro covers an Extreme Weather Survivors event where former Moms Intern Aidan Goldberg (pictured) spoke about nearly losing his brother who collapsed while running in the Tucson heat. Terrifying incidents like this one will only become more common as temps continue to rise with climate change.
- Oil and Gas Watch cites a Moms Clean Air Force fact sheet about ethane cracker plants in a piece about upcoming layoffs in the petrochemical industry as prices rise and demand for workers declines.
- Rep. Rashida Tlaib talks to Detroit Metro Times about heat protections for Michigan students, which are becoming ever more important as temps soar. She notes that she often meets with Moms about this topic.
Honorable mentions
Over the last few weeks, Moms earned mentions in The Daily Pennsylvanian, The Cool Down, and Yahoo! Health.
Tell EPA: Don’t Backslide on Cutting Power Sector Climate Pollution