At Moms Clean Air Force and EcoMadres, Mother’s Day is a celebration of joy and love, but also of our collective care for our families and our children’s future. For this reason, we are launching our new series of “EcoChats” that will …
Collective Climate Action is Good for the Planet—and Our Mental Health
A new study from researchers affirm the benefits of collective climate activism for our mental health. So find a climate community!
Plants and Pollinators Go Wild for No Mow May
Researchers found that yards participating in No Mow May had five times more bees than nearby park lawns that had been mowed. Join No Mow May, a movement inspiring people to protect pollinators and wildlife by NOT mowing their lawns.
New Mexico Mom Concerned About Climate Pollution From Trucks
“Communities like mine are seeing the health impacts of air pollution from ground transportation — asthma, heart attacks, stroke, and lung infections, to name just a few…I worry every day about how air and climate pollution will affect my children’s health and development.”
Climate Change and Mental Health: A Mom’s Story and Fact Sheet
Parenting can be challenging under the best of circumstances, but it can feel like an impossible task to navigate the responsibilities of caring for children while worrying about their future. That’s why we created a fact sheet about how climate change is affecting our mental health and how to cope.
To Help Stop Climate Change, Obama Says: Create More National Parks
“Our Great National Parks” highlights the important role the world’s large national parks play in mitigating climate change while protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the plants and animals that make nature so special.
For Mother’s Day: A Better World
This Mother’s Day, we’re celebrating a mother’s work of caring, healing, and giving new birth to a better world.
Para el Día de la Madre: Un mundo mejor
Siempre hay cínicos entre nosotros: El Día de la Madre es solo una fiesta inventada con mucho marketing detrás. ¿Pero sabes qué? Acepto cualquier excusa para celebrar la maternidad. Y la paternidad, la hermandad, las tías, y las madrinas. Porque requiere mucho …
My Family’s Health Suffers From Truck Pollution
A Texas woman tells us why her family needs the strongest possible regulations to reduce deadly pollution from heavy-duty trucks
New Mexico Is a Model for EPA Methane Protections
After years of Moms Clean Air Force members advocating for a strong state methane rule, New Mexico now joins Colorado with nation-leading air pollution standards for the state’s oil and gas operations.
Interview With Dr. Britt Wray, Author of Generation Dread
Author Dr. Britt Wray’s book, “Generation Dread” explores how to stay sane in the climate and wider ecological crisis. Dr. Wray discusses the emotional impacts of climate crisis with Moms Clean Air Force.
Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committees About EPA Funding, April 29, 2022
Date: April 29, 2022 To: The Honorable Chellie Pingree, Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable David Joyce, Ranking Member, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable …