How Air Pollution Harms Pregnant Women Climate change and air pollution threaten the health of everyone, but they pose outsize risks for pregnant women and their babies. Children who are exposed to air pollution in the womb are also at risk of …
Letter to Congress in Support of Maternal Health Provisions in the Build Back Better Act, September 17, 2021
Date: September 17, 2021 To: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The …
Tell the Senate: Support Black Maternal Health in the Build Back Better Act
Right now, the Senate is considering the Build Back Better Act, legislation that includes multiple inspiring and critical climate and health provisions. The Build Back Better Act would make historic investments in improving maternal health and address the enormous and unjust health …
Dangerous Heat, Drought, and Wildfires Threaten US Families
Much of the country is in the middle of a mega heat wave that has exploded in the West along with a megadrought that’s been decades in the making. This all stacks up to more and more dangerous air pollution.
Tribal Air Programs for Congress to Address
The Status Tribal Air Report (STAR) combines stories from Tribal air quality professionals operating air monitoring programs on Tribal lands. It includes a budget analysis of how much funding Congress needs to set aside to fully fund Tribal air programs.
Deadly Particle Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue
A new study found that disparities in particle pollution exposure were present across each and every one of the 14 sources of particle pollution for Black people compared to whites.
Moms Join Senators to Support a “Vote for Children’s Health” to Cut Methane Pollution
Moms Clean Air Force’s Public Health and Policy Director Molly Rauch, and members of the Moms team, joined Senators Chuck Schumer, Martin Heinrich, Angus King and Ed Markey to add support for the methane CRA.
40% of Americans Breathe Polluted Air
The American Lung Association State of the Air 2021 report found more than 40 % of Americans live with unhealthy air and more…
Letter to President Biden About Addressing the Climate Crisis’ Domestic Impacts on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes, April 20, 2021
Date: April 20, 2021 To: President Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Re: Addressing the Climate Crisis’ Domestic Impacts on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes Dear President Biden, We are a group of human rights, reproductive …
Air Pollution and Climate Change Are Harming the Health of Indigenous Communities
Moms Clean Air Force partnered with the National Tribal Air Association to create a first-of-its-kind summary of the ways air pollution and climate change interact with underlying health disparities in Indigenous communities.
Addressing Generations of Injustice in Tribal Communities
Indigenous moms and babies suffer more from air pollution and climate change than others. This is how we can help.
Indigenous People and Air Pollution in the United States
A Report from the National Tribal Air Association and Moms Clean Air Force
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