Research is starting to show links between fine particulate matter, a.k.a. soot, and neurocognitive disease. Dominique Browning shares what she learned from a recent panel of experts and how new science shapes the work of Moms Clean Air Force.
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What’s in the Air: Our Brains on Air Pollution
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.
Mental Health & Climate Change: Why We Must Transform Mental Health Care for Today’s Children
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 the problem of climate change and her daughter’s uncertain future.
What’s in the Air: More Than Just a Heap of Metal
In her column “What’s in the Air,” Dominique Browning shares her experience of the launch of MethaneSAT, the world’s most advanced methane-detecting satellite. What she sees as she watches the satellite take off are the families here on Earth who will most benefit from accurate methane data.
MethaneSAT: A Satellite for the Good of All Humankind
The organization with which we launched Moms Clean Air Force—the Environmental Defense Fund—is sending a satellite into space for the good of all humankind. MethaneSAT, the world’s most advanced methane-detecting satellite, is a go for launch on Monday, March 4.
Ask Mom Detective: How Do I Know If I Have Toxic Mold?
As much of the country transitions from a wet winter into a likely wetter spring, Mom Detective shares tips to identify toxic mold in your home—and then clean it up.
This Scientist Wants Climate Action and Is Developing the Satellite to Make It Happen
For decades, satellites have been beaming down evidence of Earth’s changing climate but with little impact. MethaneSAT—a satellite built for the single, critical purpose of fighting climate change—is about to change all that.