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EPA’s Ability to Protect People From Global Warming Is Under Attack
The Trump administration is sabotaging EPA’s ability to protect us from climate change by undermining the Endangerment Finding, the foundation of the agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
The danger is personal. Our physical and mental health is at risk.
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Watch the EcoMadres Summit: From Heat to Hope
Extreme heat is here—and Latino communities are among the most impacted. On September 12, EcoMadres hosted our 2nd Annual Summit, a powerful half-day gathering of advocates, artists, health professionals, moms, and policy leaders who came together to explore how climate change—especially extreme heat—is shaping our communities and our future.
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Q&A: How Rescinding the Endangerment Finding Makes Petrochemical Pollution Worse
The Trump administration’s efforts to rescind the Endangerment Finding, the legal basis for EPA protections limiting greenhouse gas pollutants, would sabotage the agency’s ability to control climate-heating pollution—including the significant greenhouse gases emitted from petrochemical facilities—with severe consequences for communities.
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How Trump’s Free Pass for Corporate Polluters Harms Your Family
This spring, the Trump administration told 500-plus corporate polluters, including power plants, chemical manufacturers, sterilizers, and other facilities, to email the president for a free pass to ignore longstanding environmental and health protections and release toxic or hazardous pollutants into the air we breathe. See who got a pass on a new interactive map.
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How do hurricanes impact our health?
The Atlantic hurricane season extends from June 1 to November 30. During an average season, 6 or 7 hurricanes form in the Atlantic Ocean, and approximately 2 hurricanes make landfall on US soil yearly. Climate change is making hurricanes more intense and slower-moving, providing them added time to dump damaging rains.
Hurricanes can affect our health in numerous ways, both short- and long-term.
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Do you really want to go back to the dirtiest air in America?
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.
Here’s what it looked like before the Clean Air Act.
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PLASTICS ARE CAUSING A MASSIVE HEALTH CRISIS
On Thursday, April 3, we held our annual summit in Washington, D.C. and explored the latest research on plastics, human health, and global warming.
Read about the health dangers of the toxic chemicals found in plastic, including how they get into our lungs.
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Parents Magazine Honors Isabel González Whitaker
Parents Magazine honors Isabel González Whitaker with a prestigious Next Gen Award for her work as an advocate and leader.
Isabel is Moms’ Associate Vice President of Public Engagement and the Director of EcoMadres, our Latino advocacy program.
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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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