• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Moms Clean Air Force

Fighting for Our Kids' Health

  • Take Action
    • Right Now
      • Sign a Petition
      • Register to Vote
      • Volunteer for Clean Air
      • Clean Air Action Guide
    • Attend an Event
      • Event Calendar
    • En Español
      • EcoMadres
    • Support Moms
      • Donate
  • What We Work On
    • Moms Priorities
      • Holding EPA Accountable
      • Legislation We Support
      • Justice in Every Breath
      • Moms & Mayors
      • EcoMadres
    • Air Pollution
      • Cars and Trucks
      • Electric School Buses
      • Maternal Health
      • Mercury
      • Ozone Pollution
      • Soot Pollution
    • Climate Change
      • Carbon Pollution
      • Clean Energy
      • Extreme Weather
      • Mental Health
      • Methane
    • Plastics and Petrochemicals
      • “Advanced Recycling”
      • Petrochemical Pollution
      • Waste Incineration
    • Toxic Chemicals
      • Chemical Safety
      • Schools and Playgrounds
      • Vinyl Chloride
  • Where We Work
    • State Chapters
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Michigan
      • Montana
      • Nevada
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New Mexico
      • New York
      • North Carolina
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Tennessee
      • Texas
      • Virginia
      • Washington
      • Washington, DC
      • West Virginia
      • Wisconsin
  • Who We Are
    • Mission

      We are a community of over 1.5 million parents united against air and climate pollution to protect our children’s health.

      • Learn More
    • Our Team
      • National Team
      • Field Organizers
      • Job Openings
    • Learn More
      • Our Mission
      • Legislation We Support
      • Notable Achievements
      • 2024 Annual Report
      • Newsletter Archive
    • Programs
      • EcoMadres
      • Community Health Justice
      • Indigenous Communities
    • Get in Touch
      • Contact Us
      • Media Inquiries
  • Articles
    • All Articles
      • Topics
        • Plastics and Petrochemicals
        • Mom Detective
        • Air Pollution
        • Climate Change
        • Toxic Chemicals
    • Science Matters: David Konisky, Environmental Social Scientist
      Goodbye, Lifesaving Soot Pollution Protections
      Support Moms on Giving Tuesday: Help Build a Future With Less Environmental Cancer
      Supermom of the Month: Nancy Simpson, California
  • Resources
  • Press
    • Media Contact

      For all urgent press inquiries, please contact DKC News

      • MomsCleanAirForce@dkcnews.com
    • Moms in the Media
      • Press Releases
      • News Stories
      • Moms Make News Archives
  • Donate

FacebookTwitterinstagram

  • Take Action
  • Join the Force
  • Donate

Sources: Plastics and Climate Change

Beyond Plastics: The New Coal: Plastics & Climate Change
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eda91260bbb7e7a4bf528d8/t/616ef29221985319611a64e0/1%20634661022294/REPORT_The_New-Coal_Plastics_and_Climate-Change_10-21-2021.pdf

Break Free From Plastic Youth: Plastic-Free Campuses & Education
https://plasticfreecampus.breakfreefromplastic.org/

CafeteriaCulture.org: Plastic Free Lunch Day
https://www.cafeteriaculture.org/plastic-free-lunch.html

Center for International Environmental Law: Reducing Plastic Production to Achieve Climate Goals
https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Reducing-Plastic-Production-to-Achieve-Climate-Goals_Sept21_V5.pdf

EarthJustice: Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SSM) Reconsideration
https://earthjustice.org/case/startup-shutdown-and-malfunction-ssm-reconsideration

Environmental Defense Fund: “U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index Shows Where Action, Resources Are Most Urgently Needed”
https://www.edf.org/cvi-news

Environmental Pollution: “Bioavailability and Effects of Microplastics on Marine Zooplankton”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749118333190?via%3Dihub

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Assessment of Agricultural Plastics and Their Sustainability: A Call for Action
https://www.fao.org/3/cb7856en/cb7856en.pdf

Kleinman Center for Energy Policy: Balancing Act: Can Petrochemicals Be Both Emissions Free and Zero-Waste?
https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/balancing-act-can-petrochemicals-be-both-emissions-free-and-zero-waste/

Marine Pollution Bulletin: “Can Microplastics Pose a Threat to Ocean Carbon Sequestration?”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19308689

Moms Clean Air Force: “Chemical Recycling” 101
https://www.momscleanairforce.org/resources/chemical-recycling-101/

Moms Clean Air Force: EPA Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution Sign-on Letter
https://www.momscleanairforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Break-Free-From-Plastic-EPA-Draft-National-Strategy-Sign-on-Letter.pdf

Mongabay: “Microplastics Pose Risk to Ocean Plankton, Climate, Other Key Earth Systems”
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/microplastics-pose-risk-to-ocean-plankton-climate-other-key-earth-systems/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Carbon Cycle
https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/carbon-cycle

Nature Medicine: “Microplastics Are Everywhere—We Need to Understand How They Affect Human Health”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02968-x

OECD Environment Directorate: Climate Change and Plastics Pollution
https://www.oecd.org/environment/plastics/Policy-Highlights-Climate-change-and-plastics-pollution-Synergies-between-two-crucial-environmental-challenges.pdf

PLoS ONE: “Production of Methane and Ethylene From Plastic in the Environment”
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200574

Reuters: Unilever’s Plastic Playbook
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-plastic-unilever/

Texas Tribune: “West Texas Gas Operators Released Tons of Excess Emissions During June Heat Wave”
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/19/texas-pipeline-heat-natural-gas-emissions-pollution-permian-basin/

United Nations Development Programme: Beat Plastic Pollution: Practical Guide
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/42437/Plastic_Pollution_WED23EN.pdf

United Nations Development Programme: “What do plastics have to do with climate change?”
https://stories.undp.org/what-do-plastics-have-to-do-with-climate-change

Upstream: Reuse for Onsite Dining Library
https://upstreamsolutions.org/reuse-onsite

World Economic Forum: The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics
https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_New_Plastics_Economy.pdf

View Fact Sheet

Join the force and stay updated on opportunities to take action:

Donate

Footer

Moms Clean Air Force ®

We are a community of more than 1.6 million moms, dads, and caregivers united against air pollution – including the urgent crisis of our changing climate – to protect our children’s health.

Areas of Focus

  • Air Pollution
  • Climate Change
  • Toxic Chemicals

FacebookTwitterinstagram

© 2025 Moms Clean Air Force
All rights reserved

Privacy Policy