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PLASTICS: A HEALTH CRISIS IN PLAIN SIGHT
Join us on Thursday, April 3, at 9:00 AM ET for the livestream of our annual summit to learn more about how plastics are poisoning our air, food, and bodies.
We’ll explore the latest research on plastics, human health, and global warming with scientists, doctors, frontline community members, and government officials. Don’t miss out!
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Moms’ Dominique Browning in U.S. News and World Report
Goodbye, EPA. Hello, Dirty Air and Water.
Dominique writes a blistering response to the Trump EPA’s “Great American Comeback,” which threatens to push us back to a time when polluted skies and contaminated waterways put everyone’s health at risk.
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Unprecedented Rollback of Clean Air Act Protections
Congress may soon vote on whether to allow the nation’s most toxic polluters to permanently turn off their pollution controls and release into the air unlimited amounts of dangerous chemicals.
Two Congressional Review Act resolutions—S.J. Res. 31 in the Senate and H.J. Res. 79 in the House—were introduced in March 2025. These would remove control requirements from some of the nation’s worst polluters.
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We must protect the Endangerment Finding
This week, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recommended that the White House strike down the Endangerment Finding, an essential legal backbone to how we cut climate pollution from industrial sources. This is shameful—and dangerous.
This recommendation will only bolster the billions of dollars of profit being made by the oil and gas industry—while ransacking our children’s safety.
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New video: Life Before the Clean Air Act
In the 1960s, the U.S. had a deadly pollution problem. Bipartisan solutions, including the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, helped clean up our air. But now, our air is at risk as pollution rules and protections are threatened.
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People Magazine Honors Isabel González Whitaker
People en Español named Isabel González Whitaker one of the “Top 20 Most Powerful Latinos Fighting Climate Change.”
Isabel is Moms’ Associate Vice President of Public Engagement and EcoMadres Director.
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Plastics and Climate Change
Plastics and other petrochemicals are the world’s fastest-growing industrial source of greenhouse gases. They are a significant part of the climate-and-fossil-fuels crisis. Every step of the plastics supply chain releases greenhouse gases and other harmful pollutants.
Learn how the fossil fuel industry affects climate change and what we can do.
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A Climate Conversation with Monica Ramirez
EcoMadres’ Karin Stein sits down with Monica Ramirez, Founder and President of Justice 4 Migrant Women, to talk about the resilience she learned as the daughter of farmworkers, the impact of climate change on migration patterns, and the importance of access to mental health care in climate-impacted communities.
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What to Know About the Petrochemical Industry: Q & A
Plastics are everywhere, and the industry that makes them is booming. The ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemicals comes at a steep cost to our health, especially for those living near production and processing facilities.
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VIDEO: JULIANNE MOORE FOR MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE
“I remember when I was pregnant, my doctor told me not to eat tuna fish. It is contaminated with mercury. Mercury in food goes right to a baby’s brain. It damages the developing brains of fetuses…. When I was pregnant, I stopped eating tuna. But I never stopped to think about where all that poisonous mercury comes from. Mercury comes from air pollution.”
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