Earlier this month, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats hosted an event featuring more than 28 scientists who shared a whopping 19 research projects and grants recently canceled by federal agencies.
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3 Things We’ll Never Know: Notes From Congress’ Science Fair of Canceled Grant Projects
Hill Country Flooding Up Close: On the Ground With a Texas Mom
Reda Hicks’ 15-year-old son and husband were about 20 miles from Camp Mystic on July 4, at a similar facility called Camp Bandina, when the floodwaters rose. This is her story.
EPA Wants to Roll Back Critical Mercury Protections?! Moms Speak Out for Children’s Health
Today, Moms are calling in to give inspired testimony at EPA’s virtual public hearing on its proposed roll back of the 2024 update to the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards. It’s another way we’re raising our voices this #MomsSummerofAction.
Heat Takes on a New Meaning This Summer: Moms Make News
Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Arizona, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.
#MomsSummerofAction: Moms Say No to Repealing EPA’s Carbon Pollution Rule for Power Plants
Today, dozens of Moms’ staff and members from states across the country are speaking out. They’re calling in all day to give testimony at EPA’s virtual public hearing on its proposed repeal of the 2024 rule to cut climate-warming carbon pollution from power plants.
What’s in the Air: Tears, Nightmares, Thoughts, and Prayers
At Moms, we are filled with thoughts and prayers and tears and nightmares for all the mothers, all the families, torn apart by the brutal drowning of their children in the Texas Hill Country. And we are also furious.
Science Matters: Carmen Marsit, Environmental Molecular Epidemiologist
Dr. Carmen Marsit, Distinguished Professor of Research and Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research Strategy at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory, is hoping the mass defunding of research will lead to the general public gaining a better understanding of how science works in the U.S.—and why it matters.
What’s in the Air: On Patriotism, Methane, and Children This July 4th
Heading into the July 4th holiday, Moms’ Dominique Browning is thinking a great deal about patriotism, methane, a Bezos-funded satellite, and children. An odd combination, but it all connects.
Extreme Heat Harms Outdoor Workers: Moms Demand Occupational Safety and Health Administration Protect Them
Moms Clean Air Force staff and members gave testimony at a hearing about OSHA’s Heat Injury Proposal, which could go a long way toward preventing the more than 3,000 heat-related injuries and illness suffered on the job in the U.S. each year.
Moms’ Push to Stop Trump’s Big Brutal Bill Before Final Vote in Congress
Today—in the midst of deadly summer heat and EPA Administrator Zeldin’s POLLUTION SPREE—the Senate passed the Big Brutal Bill. This legislation is a living nightmare, but we still have a chance to stop it.
Mom’s EcoMusica and SonTierra in Billboard
Read about the Billboard article featuring SonTierra and the new album EcoMusica, focusing on the band’s outreach to Latino communities.
EcoMadres Investigates Why “Danger Season” 2025 Could Be the Most Perilous Yet—And What We Can Do About It
Although threats from global warming happen year-round, in a recent EcoMadres Investigates conversation, we learned why scientists have begun using the term “Danger Season” for the period between May and October. This is the time of year when climate hazards like extreme heat, wildfires, storms, and floods collide and intensify.