Eunice Newton Foote demonstrated the greenhouse gas effect three years before the male scientist credited with the discovery.
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The Female Climate Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of (But Should Have)
The Why Behind Clean Energy
As one mom recently told her son, we need to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sooner rather than later. Our new fact sheet—The Role of Clean Energy in Cutting Climate Pollution—explains why.
Gas Pipeline Leaks Are Dangerous
Secretary Pete Buttigieg has a chance to plug pipeline leaks and make our parks, schools, and neighborhoods safer.
The Placenta Is Not the Barrier We Once Thought It Was
The scientific community is just starting to study and understand which environmental pollutants can cross the placenta and how they impact babies. Learn more about what we know in Moms’ new fact sheet.
Moms Urge EPA to Get the Job Done on Power Plant Pollution
Fossil fuel power plants are responsible for about a quarter of the climate pollution generated in the U.S. Reducing this pollution is key to addressing our escalating climate crisis.
Trash Incineration Pollution Is Toxic
Cadmium, mercury, lead, soot, dioxins—Moms are urging EPA to protect us from the deadly chemicals released by burning plastics and other wastes.
Why We Must Transform Mental Health Care for Children in a Changing Climate
When her child developed a rare neuropsychiatric disorder, one mom quickly learned how the mental health care system in the U.S. works for families in crisis—or rather, doesn’t.
Now Is the Time to Protect Children From Mercury
Last spring, thousands of Moms’ members signed asking EPA to set the strongest possible updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). This rule is close to being finalized, and we need the Biden administration to finish the job as soon as possible.
What Moms Want to Hear in the State of the Union
We have a President who has made fighting climate and air pollution a priority—across the entire government. This is what we’d like him to say during the State of the Union on March 7.
Rolling Toward Environmental Justice With Electric School Buses: Moms Make News
Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Recycling Plastics Doesn’t Work
For decades, the plastics industry lied to the public about the viability of recycling, according to a new report.
March Supermom of the Month: Stephanie Hernandez, Washington, DC
Stephanie Hernandez, our March Supermom of the Month, shows up again and again at events around Washington, DC, sometimes with her toddler in tow. Volunteering with Moms Clean Air Force helps her feel like part of the solution to problem of climate change and her daughter’s uncertain future.