‘Protecting Your Child’s Health: Expert Answers to Urgent Environmental Questions’ helps parents like make healthy choices for their children. It’s also a prescription for families to take action on clean air and a safe climate.
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Trump’s EPA to Sign “Air Toxics Loophole” That Will Increase Public Health Risk
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is expected to soon sign a final rule creating an “Air Toxics Loophole” in the Clean Air Act. That loophole would allow large industrial facilities nationwide to avoid complying with rigorous limits on hazardous air pollutants such as benzene and mercury.
Breathe Deep Montana
Fire season has gotten longer, more intense, and more difficult during the pandemic, says a mom of three who can’t let her kids go out to play because the air quality is so dangerous.
Wildfires are Breathing Down on My Home
A Portland mom shares her story of wildfires and climate change: “All of the windows and doors in my house are closed because the air outside is filled with dangerous amounts of particulate matter brought by the smoke from wildfires blazing through forests…
Air Pollution and Covid is a Deadly Combination
Multiple studies show that people with Covid-19 who live in U.S. regions with high levels of air pollution are more likely to die from the disease than people who live in less polluted areas.
Mom Testifies to Protect Pennsylvania Families From Fracking
“In these times of Covid-19, which is a respiratory syndrome, it behooves us to pay even more attention to our air quality…” Rajani Vaidyanathan testified at a public hearing on Pennsylvania’s draft oil and gas methane rule.
Watch “Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air”
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Air Act, watch “Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air” film here.
Moms Make News: June 4 – June 26, 2020
Moms Clean Air Force staff and members continue to confront Trump’s EPA’s racist agenda and make news throughout the country.
“Coal Blooded Action Toolkit” from NAACP
The NAACP’s “Coal Blooded Action Toolkit” provides the necessary framework and tools to build a foundation for eliminating pollution from coal for impacted communities.
Andrew Wheeler Wants to Let Particle Pollution Kill Tens of Thousands Each Year
Moms gave testimony last week because families have the right to know if the air is safe. Wheeler’s proposal on particle pollution is too weak. It ignores scientific evidence, and flouts procedural considerations that should be paramount during during COVID-19.
COVID-19 Takes Extreme Toll on Latino Community
“The Impact of COVID-19 on Latinos in the U.S.” study outlines how the Latino community is at the uppermost rates for Americans dying from COVID-19.
Moms Make News: May 9 – May 21, 2020
Moms Clean Air Force staff and members continue to confront the coronavirus and make news throughout the country.