The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment, but the new EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin, is poised to stop regulating the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for putting our weather on steroids and threatening all people’s …
Tell Congress: Save Cleaner Energy to Protect Our Children’s Health and Future
The benefits of cleaner energy are obvious: less pollution, cleaner air, a more stable climate, good-paying jobs in our communities, fewer health risks for our children. Congress must support the transition to solar and wind energy by preserving existing clean energy tax …
Tell Congress: Protect Our Ability to Prepare for and Recover From Severe Weather Threats
The government agencies that play a vital role in keeping families safe from weather threats and helping communities recover from disasters—the National Weather Service, NOAA, and FEMA—are under direct attack by the Trump administration. Las agencias gubernamentales que desempeñan un papel vital …
Tell Congress: Freezing Federal Funding Hurts Children
The Constitution gives Congress the “power of the purse.” And yet funds passed by Congress—and benefitting families nationwide—have now been frozen by the Trump administration without congressional approval. La Constitución otorga al Congreso el “poder monetario”. Y, sin embargo, los fondos aprobados …
Tell NC Lawmakers: Our Families Want Cleaner Energy, Not Higher Electricity Bills
Tell New Mexico Lawmakers: Lead on Climate Safety
Tell Congress: Save Cleaner Energy to Protect Florida’s Children and Our Future
Ohio Moms: Join Us to Support Solar Energy in Our State
Tell the Ohio House: All Families Deserve Access to Solar Energy
Tell Congress: Burning Plastic Is Not a Solution to the Plastics Crisis
“Advanced recycling,” a.k.a. burning plastic, is not a solution to the plastic pollution crisis. It is dangerous. Any legislation before Congress promoting “advanced recycling” would mean the proliferation of plastics-burning facilities across the country—and it would exempt these incinerators from air pollution …
Tell Congress: Support Families Displaced by Climate Disaster
Around the world, climate change is intensifying extreme weather events and changing the land we live on. Scientists anticipate that as the planet continues to heat up, more and more people will be forced to leave the places they call home. En …
Tell Congress: Support Increased Funding for Tribal Air Programs
Tribal air programs are necessary to protect the health of Indigenous communities, which have high rates of asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, and other diseases linked to air pollution exposure. But these programs lack the funding necessary to …