A Portland mom shares her story of wildfires and climate change: “All of the windows and doors in my house are closed because the air outside is filled with dangerous amounts of particulate matter brought by the smoke from wildfires blazing through forests…
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Wildfires are Breathing Down on My Home
The Price of Normalizing Climate Disasters
Despite the increase of climate disasters growing more extreme, common, and destructive, our reaction and response may not be matching the moment. Have we developed a sense of normalcy around these unnatural disasters?
A Scientist Mom’s Concerns About Breathing Wildfire Smoke
As the California wildfires burn across the state, an environmental health scientist mom is worried because she knows that children and pregnant women, as well as those with heart disease or respiratory conditions like asthma, are particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of wildfire smoke.
How Climate Change Affects Hurricanes
Today Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 150 miles per hour, making it one of the strongest hurricanes on record to ever hit the Gulf Coast. Here’s what you need to know about hurricanes and climate change.
Step Up Climate Action to Protect our Children
Today, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, released a report, “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.” Moms Clean Air Force applauds the release of this groundbreaking report, and we urge congress to step up climate action to protect our children.
Book Review: How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change: Turning Angst into Action
Harriet Shugarman’s new book “How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change” provides tools and strategies for parents to explain the climate emergency to their children and galvanize positive action.
Tatiana Schlossberg Author of “Inconspicuous Consumption” Discusses Climate, Consumption, and Covid
Tatiana Schlossberg discusses her book “Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have” in this interview.
8 Tools for Kids to Learn About Climate Change at Home
With schools closed, these fun hands-on tools and activities, can help teach climate change at home.
Majority of African-Americans Affected by Climate Change, Support Transition to 100% Clean Economy
A new poll confirms that communities of color are especially vulnerable to the deadly health risks from climate change. “A 100% clean economy is a solution that looks to insure fair and equitable future to black communities…”
Montana Climate Assessment: Interview with Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock, the lead author of the Montana Climate Assessment, says: “We see from the paleo record that any time conditions have gotten warmer in Montana, there have been more fires.” And with fire comes consequences – asthma and other respiratory problems.
Air Pollution is The Greatest Human Health Risk
Why do we care so much about the laws that protect our families from air pollution? Because in the US, more than 4 in 10 people live in areas with unhealthy air. This important graph highlights the threat.
EU Parliament Declares “Climate and Environmental Emergency”
European Parliament declared a “climate and environmental emergency”, calling on the European Commission to make sure all legislation and budgets align with the goal of limiting global warming.
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