Moms Clean Air Force

Moms Clean Air Force is a nonprofit, grassroots environmental advocacy group, based in the United States, which focuses on protecting children from air pollution. It has chapters in 26 states and more than a million members.[1] It was co-founded in 2011 by Dominique Browning in partnership with Hanne Grantham and Sue Mandel of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).[2][3] It also campaigns on related issues such as toxic chemicals[4][5] and climate change.[6][7]

References

  1. Kindelan, Katie (20 April 2021). "Earth Day 2021: Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit". Good Morning America. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. Heikkinen, Niina (28 February 2018). "Passionate Moms Take On Scott Pruitt, Air Pollution and Climate". Scientific American. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. Greviskes, Amber (31 July 2012). "One NYC Mother Has Made Fighting Pollution a Priority". NY Metro Parents. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. Gutierrez Kruege, Joline (6 September 2021). "Trying to make sense of the bag ban that really never was". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  5. Fallon, Scott (5 March 2019). "NJ factories, refineries released 6 million pounds of toxic chemicals into air and water". North Jersey. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  6. Friedman, Lisa; Rosen, Julia (17 June 2020). "The Environmental Justice Wake-Up Call". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  7. Fears, Darryl; Grandoni, Dino. "EPA just detailed all the ways climate change will hit U.S. racial minorities the hardest. It's a long list". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 September 2021.


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