When four Milwaukee school students were diagnosed with lead poisoning, Kristen Payne jumped into action, convening a group of local parents to demand answers and protect children’s health.
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Supermom of the Month: Kristen Payne Fights Lead Dust in Milwaukee Public Schools
My Climate Job: Adam Met, Musician, Professor, and Climate Advocate
The bassist from the multi-platinum indie pop band AJR, Adam Met, wears many hats—and wears them well. Beyond the stage, he’s an adjunct professor at Columbia University and the Co-founder of the climate nonprofit Planet Reimagined.
World Health Organization Honors Dominique Browning as a “BreatheLife Voice”
The international BreatheLife campaign has awarded Moms’ Dominique Browning the “BreatheLife Voice” honor. As a BreatheLife Voice, Dominique joins a global contingent of changemakers who use their platforms to drive solutions to air pollution.
Community Action Helps Local Solar Projects—Including in Ohio
Many solar projects face intense resistance at the local level. Champions who step in to empower their communities with accurate, science-based information and encouragement to speak out can make a difference.
EPA Must Uphold Its Mission to Protect Human Health and the Environment
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to want clean air, clean water, and a healthy climate, but he’s actively working against all three as he yanks apart the climate safeguards everyone in the United States relies on and fires essential staff. Join Moms in speaking out.
Is Plastic Making Your Sperm Decline? Dr. Shanna Swan Answers at Moms’ Plastic Summit on April 3
Dr. Shanna Swan, PhD, an award-winning environmental and reproductive epidemiologist, has been researching the health impacts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that can be found in plastics and how they interfere with our body’s hormones for decades.
The Clean Air Act Is in Jeopardy
The Senate will soon vote on whether to let the nation’s most toxic polluters permanently turn off their pollution controls. This would mean chemical plants, refineries, and pesticide manufacturers could release unlimited amounts of health-harming chemicals into the air we breathe. Moms are sounding the alarm.
Trump’s Funding Cuts Seek to Kill Environmental Efforts, Especially in Impacted Communities
The Center for Community Energy and Environmental Justice in San Diego is one of 16 Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers in the U.S. that received congressionally allocated funding in 2023. On February 21, this funding was unceremoniously terminated by Trump’s EPA.
A Dangerous Climate Harms Healthy Children. What About Kids With Cancer?
Kids who have had cancer seem to be more vulnerable to the health impacts of global warming. A new scientific article sheds light on the specific climate vulnerability of these kids and charts a path to support them.
Pennsylvania’s Program to Plug Oil and Gas Wells Is the Good Climate Policy News We All Need Now
Pennsylvania just celebrated the plugging of its 300th orphaned oil or gas well. Plugging these wells is an important way to make progress on both global warming and air pollution because they have the potential to leak the potent climate pollutant methane plus toxic chemicals, like benzene, that put people’s health at risk.
10 Essential Ways the Federal Emergency Management Agency Protects Our Families and Communities
Though FEMA’s work is undeniably essential, it is currently threatened by deeply troubling staff and funding cuts. Here are 10 ways FEMA keeps our families safe every day—and why their work must be defended so it can continue to protect us all.
EPA Abandons Its Mission: Moms Make News
Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Virginia.