Poor indoor air quality impacts the Indigenous community at a higher rate than other communities, especially for people living on reservations. Here are ways to improve indoor air pollution in the Indigenous community.
Deadly Particle Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue
A new study found that disparities in particle pollution exposure were present across each and every one of the 14 sources of particle pollution for Black people compared to whites.
Moms Join Senators to Support a “Vote for Children’s Health” to Cut Methane Pollution
Moms Clean Air Force’s Public Health and Policy Director Molly Rauch, and members of the Moms team, joined Senators Chuck Schumer, Martin Heinrich, Angus King and Ed Markey to add support for the methane CRA.
40% of Americans Breathe Polluted Air
The American Lung Association State of the Air 2021 report found more than 40 % of Americans live with unhealthy air and more…
Letter to President Biden About Addressing the Climate Crisis’ Domestic Impacts on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes, April 20, 2021
Date: April 20, 2021 To: President Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Re: Addressing the Climate Crisis’ Domestic Impacts on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes Dear President Biden, We are a group of human rights, reproductive …
Air Pollution and Climate Change Are Harming the Health of Indigenous Communities
Moms Clean Air Force partnered with the National Tribal Air Association to create a first-of-its-kind summary of the ways air pollution and climate change interact with underlying health disparities in Indigenous communities.
Addressing Generations of Injustice in Tribal Communities
Indigenous moms and babies suffer more from air pollution and climate change than others. This is how we can help.
Wildfire Smoke Found More Toxic Than Other Forms of Air Pollution for Kids
Children are “especially vulnerable” to wildfire smoke. New study finds wildfire smoke more toxic than other forms of air pollution.
How Redlining Created Environmental Inequity
Redlining is a discriminatory practice that places groups of people based on race and ethnicity in locations with an absence of services and few green spaces. Redlining is banned, but its racist effects continue for communities of color.
Green Table Talk – Listen to Black Women: How Environmental & Systemic Racism Impact Moms & Babies
On March 9, 2021, we hosted an important conversation between Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, pediatrician and environmental health expert Dr. Yolanda Whyte, and LaTricea Adams, Founder, President & CEO of BlackMillennials4Flint. This discussion, moderated by Moms Clean Air Force’s National Field Manager Tonya …
Helping Children Cope with Covid
A pediatrician and a child and adolescent psychiatrist provide guidance for parents about how to talk to children about the pandemic and what to do if your child gets the Covid.
Congress Aims to Improve Black Mothers Maternal Health
We are supporting the Black Maternal Health Act of 2021, known as the “Momnibus” because we believe every mother deserves equitable care.