EPA has the authority to ban vinyl chloride under the Toxic Substances Control Act. PVC plastic is used in all kinds of household items, from flooring to shower curtains to pipes to window frames. But there are safer alternatives to this plastic available, and it’s beyond time that EPA protect us.
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Keep Vinyl Chloride Out of Communities
North Carolina Needs Cleaner Cars and Trucks
Emissions from cars and trucks can cause serious health effects. One out of every ten children in North Carolina have asthma. It is especially difficult to breathe during the hot summer months. Our families need a stable environment to thrive. Cleaner cars and trucks keep our children safer.
Climate Change Turns Up the Heat: Moms Make News
Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, and Texas.
We Know Better, So Let’s Do Better: Limit Carbon Emissions from Power Plants
In his testimony in support of stronger federal standards to cut carbon pollution from power plants, Moms Clean Air Force intern, Osasenaga Idahor, tells us we need EPA to do better by centering environmental justice in every rulemaking.
My Speech at EPA to Reduce Tailpipe Pollution From Cars
Moms Clean Air Force’s Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, spoke at the final “Route Zero” event, delivering over 130,000 comments in favor of the EPA’s plan to reduce car pollution.
EcoMadres Noticias: June 2023
Read the latest news from our EcoMadres program.
Kids Take Climate Change to Court: Moms Make News
Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
My Testimony in Support of EPA’s New Standards to Limit Pollution From Power Plants
Read Dominique Browning’s testimony in support of EPA’s new standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants.
Mercury Does Not Belong in Our Children’s Lunchboxes
The disproportionate impact of mercury pollution on people who traditionally rely on fish and marine mammals for food is unfair. And the burden of avoiding mercury contamination needs to be shifted from fishers and those who eat fish to the common source—power plants.
10 Ways to Talk to Kids About Wildfires
When children in parts of the US look up at the scary orange-gray sky and breathe in the toxic air, they are experiencing dangerous wildfire pollution…and climate anxiety. Here’s how to talk to kids about wildfires.
East Coast Reacts to Unfamiliar Wildfire Smoke
As smoke from the wildfires blazing in Canada drifts into New York, a mom shares her terrifying feelings about being stuck indoors due to unsafe air quality linked to the climate crisis.
School’s Out, And So Is Diesel Pollution: Moms Make News
Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, and Ohio.