Life Under Threat: Major Win in Ohio “Advanced Recycling” Fight
Residents of Youngstown, Ohio, have banded together to thwart a company’s plans to incinerate tires in their city, a designated environmental justice area one hour east of Akron, and plastics and computer waste in nearby Lowellville.
Moms Sound the Alarm on New Pick for EPA Administrator
Lee Zeldin has been chosen to head EPA. But he has a weak track record on reining in polluters, he has voted to cut EPA funding, and he has already announced plans to launch a spree of rollbacks of the protections from air and climate pollution Moms fought so hard to achieve.
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
EcoMadres Summit on 12 News (Phoenix, Arizona)
The plastics industry pushes for deregulation in new recycling bill
Testimony: Moms Clean Air Force, Proposed High-Priority Substance Designation for Vinyl Chloride under TSCA, October 23, 2024
Date: October 22, 2024 To: Michael S. Regan, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Subject: Comments regarding Proposed High-Priority Substance Designation for Vinyl Chloride under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Submitted via Regulations.gov to Docket …
The Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second Trump Administration
Council plans another road improvement project in downtown Youngstown for next year
Testimony: Rachel Meyer, Pyrolysis and Gasification Moratorium in Youngstown, Ohio, October 16, 2024
Date: October 16, 2024 To: Youngstown City Council Subject: Reinstating Pyrolysis and Gasification Moratorium My name is Rachel Meyer. I am the Ohio River Valley Field Organizer for Moms Clean Air Force. Moms is a national nonprofit which has 1.5 million total …