Press team at @cleanairmoms.bsky.social: Meet our passionate advocates and experts fighting climate change and air pollution | www.momscleanairforce.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mqnaxxuxjk2aIn @nbcwashington.com, Moms' Sam Schmitz shares she had to make plans to leave D.C. ahead of the unprecedented 850,000-firework display for Trump's 4th of July celebration, for fear that the resulting soot and smoke would trigger an asthma attack. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/fireworks-mall-sick/4125774/14 Jul 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnaxxuxjk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mqnajvx3422aOn Canaries in the Car Line podcast, our Co-Founder and Director Dominique Browning explains how Moms across the nation are channeling their love and desire to protect their children into climate and health policy reform advocacy. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nap-time-activism-domonique-browning/id1821728819?i=100076552781014 Jul 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnajvx3422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mqna4kb3wk2a@gpbmedia.bsky.social covers a press event advocating for stronger heat protections, where @cleanairmoms-ga.bsky.social's Kiya Stanford explains that South Atlanta neighborhoods lack green spaces to combat heat, thus increasing their health risks and energy costs. http://gpb.org/news/2026/05/27/georgia-environmental-justice-advocates-demand-greater-heat-safety-measures-ahead14 Jul 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqna4kb3wk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mqn74c7dpk2a"This is about fairness. It's about affordability. It's about protecting health," @cleanairmoms-mi.bsky.social's Elizabeth Hauptman says to @therapidian.bsky.social about the Energy Bills Relief Act, which hopes to lower energy costs for families if passed. https://therapidian.org/energy-bills-relief-act-to-aid-skyrocketing-energy-costs14 Jul 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqn74c7dpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mqabnyvwic2y“EPA’s proposal to weaken standards for heavy-duty tailpipe pollution is yet another attempt by the Trump administration to weaken protections for children’s health and call it progress," says Moms' Elizabeth Bechard. Read our full statement: https://www.momscleanairforce.org/press-releases/epa-truck-pollution/09 Jul 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqabnyvwic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnzp7dke4c2zIn @wbay.com, Moms' Jayne Black explains that people should pay attention to tax exemptions for data centers - such as Wisconsin's 2023 sales and use tax exemptions - because they have the potential to make small communities a target for future data centers. https://www.wbay.com/2026/04/30/wisconsin-data-centers-grow-with-tax-incentives/11 Jun 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzp7dke4c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnzp4vzqa22g@iowastartingline.com covered the second annual Moms Plastics Summit, which convened scientists and advocates in April to discuss how plastics and petrochemicals impact our lives and health. https://iowastartingline.com/news/environment/the-alarming-truth-plastics-are-everywhere-and-theyre-killing-us/11 Jun 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzp4vzqa22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnzorbfe5k2yIn response to a newly proposed Clean-Sea's plastic pyrolysis facility, Lani Wean and @cleanairmoms-wv.bsky.social co-hosted a town hall with West Virginia Citizen Action Group to discuss potential implications for the community, as @wowk13news.bsky.social reported. https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/kanawha-county-wv/belle-residents-voice-concerns-about-plastic-conversion-facility/11 Jun 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzorbfe5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnzohml5ok2zIn a @tucson.com op-ed, @cleanairmoms-az.bsky.social's Fabiola Bedoya urges Tucson Electric Power to invest in solar or wind energy sources, rather than building new natural gas plants that will raise rates for customers and emit climate-warming pollutants. https://tucson.com/opinion/column/article_dd63ca33-462b-43d6-b369-30a96f40d6af.html11 Jun 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzohml5ok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnvcfiopi22a"As a citizen, I just feel like they have turned their backs on us," Moms' Mary Wagner says in response to the EPA continuing to weaken air regulations despite findings that nearly half of American children live in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22042026/american-lung-association-toxic-air-annual-report/09 Jun 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvcfiopi22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnvbvbfnf22sMoms' Vanessa Lynch details how communities across Pennsylvania are reacting to the rapid growth of data centers, potential for pollution and the need for regulation development in The Keystone. https://keystonenewsroom.com/news/pa-data-center-surge-sparks-local-fears-over-pollution-power-costs-and-weak-oversight/09 Jun 2026 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvbvbfnf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnvbrz5scs2s"In February 2025, I witnessed something I can’t forget. A massive plume of thick black smoke was pouring out of a plastic waste burning facility," Moms' Amanda Rowoldt writes about her experience witnessing and reporting a violating facility to the EPA. https://laprensanewspaper.com/index.php/2026/04/22/what-i-saw-at-an-ohio-plastic-waste-facility-should-concern-all-of-us/09 Jun 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvbrz5scs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnvbpvzi7s2sA @forbes.com article reports that a new study revealed nearly half of US children live in an area that fails at least one measure of air pollution. Moms' Liz Hurtado explains more than 7 million kids, especially Hispanic, live in a community that fails every measure. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehailstone/2026/04/22/nearly-half-of-us-children-breathing-polluted-air-study-finds/09 Jun 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvbpvzi7s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnsmhgdhbk25@insideclimatenews.org flags that an Ohio plastic waste plant in violation of Ohio EPA regulations - brought to their attention when @cleanairmoms-oh.bsky.social's Amanda Rowoldt filed video footage of billowing black smoke - plans to open an Arizona facility. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20042026/plastic-waste-plant-violating-pollution-rules-expands/08 Jun 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsmhgdhbk25https://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnsma52bjs25@apnews.com reports that dozens of Moms recently testified in front of the EPA, urging them to continue classifying plastic pyrolysis units as incinerators. @cleanairmoms-ga.bsky.social's Kiya Stanford called this proposal "a move to prioritize polluters over people". https://apnews.com/article/plastics-chemical-recycling-epa-clean-air-9d9511c0d8c7870afa4ba10d78456ff308 Jun 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsma52bjs25https://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnsm4srkc225Moms' Karin Stein notes the EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will inevitably worsen Iowa's air quality, and she believes communities should monitor their air in the absence of the EPA's willingness to do so. https://www.kcrg.com/2026/04/01/epa-repealed-its-own-greenhouse-gas-finding-now-some-iowans-are-taking-action/08 Jun 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsm4srkc225https://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnsm2dra2225A recent op-ed in Elizabethon Star debunks recycling myths and suggests that readers join an advocacy group, such as Moms, to help reduce plastics before they are even produced. https://elizabethton.com/2026/03/25/guest-column-does-recycling-really-help-our-earth-where-can-we-do-it/08 Jun 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsm2dra2225https://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnslo2nuy225As reported in @commondreams.org, in a letter signed by 160+ groups, Moms and @actonclimateus.bsky.social call for the removal of EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin because of his brazen betrayal of the agency's core mission to protect human health and the environment. https://www.commondreams.org/news/epa-lee-zeldin08 Jun 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnslo2nuy225https://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnddqfvkyc2i@earth911.bsky.social summarizes the environmental damage Trump's EPA has caused thus far. This includes rolling back the Mercury and Air Toxic Standard despite science that no amount of mercury is safe for babies' developing brains, as Moms' Dominique Browning says. https://earth911.com/business-policy/trump-policy-costs-to-the-environment-and-people/02 Jun 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnddqfvkyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnddoggxik2iIn @coloradosun.com, Moms' Shaina Oliver promotes her work in advocating for a Colorado state bill that would require businesses to always provide shade, clean water and air conditioning to workers. https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/22/10-signs-of-climate-change-in-colorado/02 Jun 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnddoggxik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnddmswx622i"What EPA is now trying to do is illegal,” says Moms' Cynthia Palmer about the EPA's proposal to exempt pyrolysis facilities from Clean Air Act regulations in an article by @leighkboerner.bsky.social. https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/epa-wants-to-let-plastic-incinerators-skirt-clean-air-act/104/web/2026/0302 Jun 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnddmswx622ihttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnddkzprj22iIn Oh Good, @ecomadres.bsky.social's Liz Hurtado discusses how the Endangerment Finding repeal will affect families, especially in Latino and Black communities, which are disproportionately paying the price of climate pollution. https://kaitlynteer.substack.com/p/endangerment-finding-clean-air-moms02 Jun 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnddkzprj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnb3e7xgjk2bEarlier this year, Moms joined advocates and experts at the Pennsylvania State Capitol to urge leaders to protect communities across Pennsylvania from the growing petrochemical and plastic industry. https://www.momscleanairforce.org/press-releases/pennsylvania-plastics-press-conference/01 Jun 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnb3e7xgjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnb3ca6gys2b"We're taking what we already produce to generate poison and pollution, and burning it to generate more," says Iowa Field Organizer Karin Stein in regards to plastic recycling in @iowastartingline.com. https://iowastartingline.com/2026/02/27/plastic-recycling-is-anything-but-recycling-iowa-field-organizer-says/01 Jun 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnb3ca6gys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mnb3aa7e622bFormer intern Aidan Goldberg shares a personal account of the dangers of extreme heat in an op-ed, detailing how he almost lost his brother to the Arizona sun and the fears that remain. https://www.ladowntownnews.com/opinion/consider_this/the-heat-doesn-t-care-mothers-join-the-fight-against-climate-change/article_93211e3a-7d00-4239-ab0a-5154371baf1c.html01 Jun 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnb3aa7e622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mmywdufzcc2jWildfire smoke engulfed their cities. Did it make their babies sick? Reporting by @zteirstein.bsky.social & Jess Davis. https://grist.org/health/wildfire-smoke-engulfed-their-cities-did-it-make-their-babies-sick/29 May 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmywdufzcc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mmto3sfmnc2eIn a new op-ed published in Fierce, Moms National Manager of Health Justice Almeta Cooper describes how the documentary "The Plastic Detox" led her to rethink her beauty routine - and why other Black women should too. https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2026/05/27/this-documentary-changed-how-i-view-my-beauty-routine/27 May 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmto3sfmnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mmrtb4mj2c26Mom Detective Alexandra Zissu is on NBC News! 📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHlCzTUiwWo&t=58s Read more from @momscleanairforce.org's healthy living expert: www.momscleanairforce.org/mom-detective/26 May 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrtb4mj2c26https://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mmrszwmik226"Plastic is literally just everywhere." - Alexandra Zissu, @momscleanairforce.org Mom Detective, in an interview with NBC News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMur4JCOgMc26 May 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrszwmik226https://bsky.app/profile/moms-press.bsky.social/post/3mmbwc5n6wk2uWe are excited to announce that @momscleanairforce.org and @ecomadres.bsky.social won Telly Awards! 📺 https://www.momscleanairforce.org/2026-telly-awards/20 May 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:edm6hnwsd55hlplbm2xync4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbwc5n6wk2u