Solar energy is clean, abundant, and doesn’t generate pollution or threaten public health the way dirty electricity from fossil fuels does. People in the United States have already installed enough solar to power 36 million homes, and this number is on the rise. Here are more reasons to adopt solar today.
Air Pollution, Extreme Heat, and Latina Maternal Health
Air pollution and extreme heat threaten the health of everyone, but both pose outsize risks for pregnant people and babies. Pregnancy is a time of extreme sensitivity. Children exposed to pollution and extreme heat in the womb are at risk of low …
Solid Waste Incinerators 101
Incinerators are a type of furnace used to burn solid wastes. These facilities emit harmful air pollutants and climate-heating gases. Some incinerators adhere to strict emissions controls, while others use none whatsoever. Incinerators commonly compete with recyclers, landfills, and composting facilities for …
Air Pollution 101
99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines The air we breathe is contaminated by atmosphere-altering pollutants from many sources, including power plants, oil and gas operations, transportation, factories, trash incineration, agriculture, wildfires, fireplaces, and chemicals in everyday …
How Oil and Gas Operations Impact Your Baby’s Health
Air pollutants associated with oil and gas production contribute to serious health impacts in humans, especially in pregnant people, babies, and children. People who live near oil and gas operations are at an increased risk of exposure to a wide variety of air pollutants.
Ecocharla With EcoMadres: A Climate Chat With Ana Flores
Ana Flores, CEO of We All Grow Latina, sits down to EcoMadres’ Isabel González Whitaker to talk about her journey from mom blogger to advocate to leader. She shares ways to care for children’s mental health in a changing world and climate, …
Ecocharla With EcoMadres: A Climate Chat With Congresswoman Barragan
Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44) shares what motivates her fight for environmental justice and public health, how climate investments from the Inflation Reduction Act are showing up in local communities, and what Justice in Every Breath means to her with EcoMadre Liz Hurtado.
Carbon Dioxide 101
The burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas over the last century has increased the concentration of carbon pollution in the atmosphere.
EPA Large Municipal Waste Combustors Rule
Harmful pollution from municipal waste incinerators must be regulated In many parts of the country, household waste is sent to municipal incinerators for burning, instead of to the landfill. The harmful air pollution from these incinerators is alarming. In January 2024, EPA …
The Role of Clean Energy in Cutting Climate Pollution
We already have enough clean energy sources to power our lives daily. The world has to cut climate pollution, a major cause of global warming, 45% by 2030 and completely stop climate pollution by 2050, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations’ body that assesses the science related to climate change. One critical way to drastically reduce climate pollution is to adopt clean energy across all sectors of life.
Pregnancy, the Placenta, and Pollution
Babies are exposed to pollution before they take their first breath. Currently, the placenta is under siege by a variety of chemicals in the environment, and we’re just starting to study and understand which can cross this barrier and how they impact babies. Here’s a refresher on the placenta and some ideas for safeguarding growing babies during pregnancy.
Plastics and Climate Change
The world’s fastest-growing industrial source of greenhouse gases Plastics and other petrochemicals are the world’s fastest-growing industrial source of greenhouse gases. They are a significant part of the climate-and-fossil-fuels crisis. Every step of the plastics supply chain releases greenhouse gases and other …