Moms Clean Air Force Explained

Established:2011
Founder:Dominique Browning
Type:Nonprofit
Purpose:Environmental activism
Region Served:United States

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] and is politically neutral or, in its own words, "mom-partisan".[2] It was co-founded in 2011 by Dominique Browning in partnership with Hanne Grantham and Sue Mandel of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).[3] [4] It also campaigns on related issues such as toxic chemicals[5] [6] and climate change.[7] [8] [9] Recent campaigns have included calling for the electrification of diesel school buses[10] [11] and supporting President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Plan.[12] [13]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kindelan . Katie . Earth Day 2021: Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit . 17 September 2021 . Good Morning America . 20 April 2021.
  2. News: Schiller . Lauren . Clean air is a "mom-partisan" issue: Making climate crisis activism a family affair . 24 January 2022 . Slate . 22 March 2020.
  3. News: Heikkinen . Niina . Passionate Moms Take On Scott Pruitt, Air Pollution and Climate . 17 September 2021 . Scientific American . 28 February 2018.
  4. News: Greviskes . Amber . One NYC Mother Has Made Fighting Pollution a Priority . 17 September 2021 . NY Metro Parents . 31 July 2012.
  5. News: Gutierrez Kruege . Joline . Trying to make sense of the bag ban that really never was . 17 September 2021 . Albuquerque Journal . 6 September 2021.
  6. News: Fallon . Scott . NJ factories, refineries released 6 million pounds of toxic chemicals into air and water . 17 September 2021 . North Jersey . 5 March 2019.
  7. News: Friedman . Lisa . Rosen . Julia . The Environmental Justice Wake-Up Call . 17 September 2021 . The New York Times . 17 June 2020.
  8. News: 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. . 17 September 2021 . The Washington Post.
  9. News: Broschart . Beth Christian . Moms Clean Air Force seeking members to take everyday actions that protect environment for future generations . 24 January 2022 . My Buckhannon . 6 February 2020.
  10. News: Thigpen . Madeline . Mother's Organization wants to electrify Yellow School Buses . 24 February 2022 . Atlanta Voice . 18 July 2021.
  11. News: Hailstone . Jamie . Is it time for the humble yellow school bus to go green? . 24 February 2022 . Forbes . 9 December 2021.
  12. News: "I'm asking you, Uncle Joe": Clean energy, fossil fuel advocates lobby Manchin, Congress in infrastructure fight . 24 February 2022 . Charleston Gazette Mail . 16 February 2022.
  13. Web site: Myers . Jessica . Arizonans to Senator Sinema: The Climate Crisis Can't Wait . Sierra . Sierra Club . 24 February 2022 . 3 November 2021.

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