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.
Extreme Heat and Black Communities
Climate change has a number of human-made causes, including pollution from cars, trucks, buses, and power plants. The gases released when coal, natural gas, oil, and other fossil fuels are burned make the Earth warmer. As a result, extreme heat days—or days …
Extreme Heat Poses Unequal Challenge for Black and Brown Communities
“There are two things that I value above all else for my kids: their education and their health. It should be easy, in this country, to take for granted that all children have a right to a solid education and to health care. We know that is not the case. Many children, particularly those in predominantly Black and Brown communities, face significant challenges in accessing quality education and quality health care. The effects of climate change and extreme heat further exacerbate these disparities.”
Tell EPA: Cut Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Fossil fuel power plants are responsible for a lot of climate and air pollution. EPA has proposed comprehensive standards that would cut all types of pollution from power plants. We have a moral responsibility to support these smokestack standards to protect the …
Groundbreaking EPA Report on Climate Change and Children’s Health
EPA just released a report, “Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being in the US.” Its findings underscore the necessity of considering children’s well-being in every climate policy. LEARN MORE…
Tell EPA: Set Strong Limits on Climate Pollution From Heavy-Duty Trucks
EPA recently announced a proposal to reduce climate pollution from heavy-duty vehicles. The proposal would significantly reduce carbon emissions through 2055 and speed the transition to zero-tailpipe-pollution vehicles—which, importantly, would also help improve air quality nationwide, especially for communities near major roadways. …
Tell EPA: We need the strongest possible Clean Car Standards
The transportation sector is the largest source of climate pollution in the US, and cleaning up this pollution is one of the most important things we can do to fight climate change and protect our children’s future. EPA has proposed Clean Car …
“With Mounting Climate Fears, I Moved My Family”
“The weather was getting progressively hotter, and diseases and viruses were spreading rampantly. This was making where I lived in Michigan a dangerously uncomfortable place to live. The amount of rain and storms, along with outdated sewage infrastructure, caused flooding that poisoned our drinking water.”
IPCC Report: Drastic Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Needed to Protect Children
According to the latest IPCC report, the world’s children will suffer, unless governments and societies make immediate and “drastic” cuts in the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the climate chaos occurring worldwide.
Extreme Weather Is Here to Stay
Extreme weather is climate change in action. The new meteorological terms and phenomena, like polar vortex and bomb cyclone, highlight just how mainstream the climate crisis has become.
Extreme Weather and the Changing Climate
Human-caused climate change is triggering increasingly extreme weather. Greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels are making much of our planet hotter and wetter. Temperatures have been increasing steadily since the 1980s, and we are now experiencing more severe heat waves, …
Your Mental Health and Climate Change
Research suggests that up to 50% of people who experience extreme weather disasters are at risk of adverse mental health impacts, such as anxiety, depression, and trauma. None of us has to navigate climate change alone. Our new Climate Change and Mental Health resource can help.