Administrator Regan has begun to address petrochemical toxicity. Biden’s Department of Justice has taken some steps to hold petrochemical companies accountable. None of it is enough. Yet. Petrochemical disasters and pollution must end.
Misti Allison on The Lead With Jake Tapper
Misti Allison, a Moms Clean Air Force member living in East Palestine, Ohio, speaks with Jake Tapper about the February 2023 train derailment in her town.
The Ohio Train Derailment Is a Petrochemical Health Disaster
EPA needs to hold the petrochemical polluters and the companies that run “train bombs” through our neighborhoods accountable. These companies should be paying the entire cost of cleanup and providing future support and health care for those who have been exposed to their carcinogenic chemicals.
Why Is EPA Fast-Tracking Plastic Trash as a Renewable Biofuel?
Plastic is not a biofuel. So why is EPA inserted waste plastic into a program designed to fast-track the production of renewable fuels from plants, algae, and other biological sources.
Letter to EPA About Biofuels Program, February 27, 2023
Date: February 27, 2023 To: Michal Freedhoff, Asst. Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Joseph Goffman, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Dear …
The First 100 Days: Shell’s Beaver County Ethane Cracker Report Card
On November 15, 2022, Shell announced its ethane cracker facility in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was officially operational. On February 23, 2023, Shell hit its 100th day of operations, and it’s been far from a smooth start. This plant is the largest plastics …
Advanced Recycling: What It Really Is and How It Could Impact PA Residents
Moms Clean Air Force hosted a virtual panel discussion about chemical recycling, also known as “advanced recycling.” Chemical “recycling” is, in fact, plastic incineration. Trash that enters chemical “recycling” facilities is not recycled–it is burned, and in the process, toxic pollution is …
Your Brain on Diesel Pollution: Moms Make News
Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, and Vermont.
Ohio Train Derailment Highlights Toxic Plastic Pollution
Communities continue to be concerned about the health impacts of toxic petrochemical pollution from the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Orgs oppose chemical recycling in New Mexico
Groups rally against chemical recycling in New Mexico
Letter to United Nations Environment Program: International legally binding instrument options, January 26, 2023
Date: January 26, 2023 To: United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), unep-incplastic.secretariat@un.org Re: Potential options for elements towards an international legally binding instrument Moms Clean Air Force is a community of over 1 million moms and dads united against air pollution—including the urgent …