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Extreme Heat Is a Predator: How Climate Change Reshaped a Tucson Family Forever
On a hot day in Tucson, a boy collapsed during a run, suffering harm that put him in a hospital for more than three months and upended his family’s life. Read how this life-or-death moment inspired his brother to channel his fear of heat into action.
Billion-Dollar Disasters Show the Cost of Climate Pollution
Global warming isn’t some distant threat—it’s already hitting us hard, in terms of our health and our wallets. Last year alone, the U.S. was slammed with 27 climate disaster that each caused at least $1 billion in damages.
Summer Heat Wave Fits a Pattern of Increasingly Dangerous Weather
The first heat wave of the summer proved deadly and disruptive, and scientists say there are more to come—and not just this summer.
Hill Country Flooding Up Close: On the Ground With a Texas Mom
Reda Hicks’ 15-year-old son and husband were about 20 miles from Camp Mystic on July 4, at a similar facility called Camp Bandina, when the floodwaters rose. This is her story.
What’s in the Air: Tears, Nightmares, Thoughts, and Prayers
At Moms, we are filled with thoughts and prayers and tears and nightmares for all the mothers, all the families, torn apart by the brutal drowning of their children in the Texas Hill Country. And we are also furious.
Extreme Heat Harms Outdoor Workers: Moms Demand Occupational Safety and Health Administration Protect Them
Moms Clean Air Force staff and members gave testimony at a hearing about OSHA’s Heat Injury Proposal, which could go a long way toward preventing the more than 3,000 heat-related injuries and illness suffered on the job in the U.S. each year.
EcoMadres Investigates Why “Danger Season” 2025 Could Be the Most Perilous Yet—And What We Can Do About It
Although threats from global warming happen year-round, in a recent EcoMadres Investigates conversation, we learned why scientists have begun using the term “Danger Season” for the period between May and October. This is the time of year when climate hazards like extreme heat, wildfires, storms, and floods collide and intensify.
The Climate Questionnaire: Juliette Kayyem, Author of The Devil Never Sleeps
Juliette Kayyem, CNN’s Senior National Security Analyst, speaks with Moms about trying to make sense of this uniquely chaotic time regarding crises, readiness, and the future.
Cutting Funding for Air Quality Alerts Puts Kids at Risk
Join Moms in calling on Congress to fully fund the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which monitor extreme weather and other environmental harms, like poor air quality.
Extreme Living: Climate Disruption Stories From Moms Coping With Wildfire Smoke, Part 2
In June 2023, smoke from Canadian wildfires blew hundreds of miles south into the U.S., and somehow this has become an annual occurrence. Moms members share smoke stories from our new climate-fueled reality.
My Climate Job: Dr. Eugene Livar, Chief Heat Officer, Arizona Department of Health Services
In 2024, the Arizona Department of Health Services created the job of Chief Heat Officer and named Dr. Eugene Livar to the role. This first-of-its-kind position is meant to tackle the state’s notoriously bad and worsening heat crisis.