Date: November 29, 2024 To: Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) to Advance a Plastics Treaty Re: Courage Not Compromise: Reaction to the Initial Days of the Plastics Treaty Negotiations There are only 36 hours left of scheduled negotiations to secure a global …
Tell the Senate: Sound the Alarm on EPA Administrator Pick
We are seeing a firehose of alarming (not yet official) nominations. One in particular is causing us concern: Lee Zeldin, chosen to run the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin has a weak track record on reining in polluters and has already announced his …
Moms’ Cynthia Palmer on Plastics in the American Bar Association’s Human Rights Magazine
Moms’ Senior Analyst for Petrochemicals, Cynthia Palmer, wrote an article on the environmental and health impacts of plastics for the American Bar Association’s Human Rights Magazine. In it, she explains how the plastics supply chain releases potent carcinogens and greenhouse gases at every step.
Our children’s health isn’t partisan. Pennsylvanians need strong pollution protections from fracking now.
The Environmental and Health Impacts of Plastics
Moms Tell the Department of Energy: Burning Plastic Is Not a Climate Solution
The funding created by the Inflation Reduction Act is supposed to be for climate solutions that benefit our families and communities. But the Department of Energy just announced a whopping $182 million will go to burning plastic waste.
Ask Mom Detective: How Can My Family Avoid Microplastics?
What’s the deal with microplastics? And is it possible to avoid them? Mom Detective investigates and shares tips for reducing our microplastic body burden.
Chevron’s move to Houston raises alarms over air pollution impact on Latino communities
No Child Deserves to Live in a Sacrifice Zone
Sacrifice zones are neighborhoods that bear the greatest burden of environmental threats like climate change and industrial pollution—and they are increasingly facing pollution from plastics facilities. Join Moms in telling Congress to protect communities from plastic industry pollution.
Kickstart: As Arburg looks globally, Connecticut heads to Lossburg
“Every Community in This Country Deserves to Breathe Clean Air”: Honoring Freedom and Health on Juneteenth
This Juneteenth, as we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the United States, Moms’ Stephanie Reese reflects on a monumental victory for historically marginalized communities across the nation: new rules to protect neighborhoods near more than 200 toxic chemical manufacturing facilities.