Dear Michelle Obama,

I'm writing to you about something important, in honor of Mother's Day, as one First Mom (of my family) to another First Mom (of this country!) The subject is climate change -- and our duty as mothers to address it wholeheartedly...

Cars And Trucks And Things That Go!

That was the title of my toddler sons' favorite book, and there were days when I cursed Richard Scarry for having to spend hours reading about cars and trucks, and days when I blessed him...

My pal Tina Beattie and I talk a lot about what it means to be a Republican who is deeply concerned about climate change. Tina is a founding member of the Moms Clean Air Force's Leadership Circle, and also the...

Depending on who is counting, about 35,000 to 50,000 people showed up in a freezing cold and windy Washington D.C. for the largest climate march in history on Sunday, February 17.

It was one of the most inspiring events I have ever...

In June of 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama said that "generations would look back" and say "this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."

Unfortunately, President Obama's first term brought little progress on fighting climate change. His re-election gives us...

Sometimes, you just have to laugh. As in, need to laugh...otherwise, the issues we are tackling each and every day here at Moms Clean Air Force start to weigh too heavily on our hearts.

Our marvelous cartoons, by Liza Donnelly...

Condolences, grief, prayers are pouring in from around the world for the people who were killed in the Newtown school massacre. Twenty small children. Put on the bus, or walked to school that morning, by parents, by sisters and brothers, with friends. This is a trauma that will never heal....

Congratulations, Mr. President.

Families across the country look forward to working with you to clean our air. Clean air means a stable climate.

You said it best in your acceptance speech: "We want our children to live in an America... that isn't threatened by...

The New York Times and other media are calling the events around Superstorm Sandy "once-in a generation." But whose generation are they talking about?

Perhaps, if you are in your sixties or seventies or eighties, Sandy's destructive forces are a once in your lifetime event. But younger generations...

A few months ago, tens of thousands of Moms Clean Air Force members told the EPA that we want stronger limits on soot pollution. Based on the latest science, we know soot can trigger asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes, and even death. Soot is also the...

Dear Jim Lehrer,

I knew you wouldn't abandon your fans. As a longtime admirer, I'm delighted that you will be moderating another presidential debate, on October 3rd -- the first one, between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Topic: Domestic policy. This will be your 12th turn as presidential debate moderator....

When I was a kid, I loved going back to school. I can still remember the smell of freshly painted hallways, newly scoured floors-and the sight of long, clean, dark expanses of new blackboards. And I still remember some of our "science" projects -- probably because, only a few decades...

Moms Clean Air Force just launched a "Drink Some Water" campaign -- to help parents understand why it is so important to cool down during heat waves, but to bring home the connection between global warming, extreme temperatures, and children's health. Heat...

DEAR Barack Obama and Mitt Romney--if I may be so familiar, as you are with me in your fund-raising emails.

You are campaigning for our nation's highest office in a year of record-breaking heat waves, droughts, floods, and monster storms. More than half the...

Last week, the Senate defeated Senator Inhofe's attempt to kill an important EPA clean air safeguard, 53 to 46. Thank you -- your hard work helped defeat Inhofe's outrageous bill.

Your support of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards -- historic clean air safeguards 21 years in the making --...

Is the Navy greener than California?

As more polls show that a majority of Americans want action on carbon pollution and global warming, leadership on fighting climate change is coming from surprising places -- starting with the military.

At a recent reception held by the Environmental...

That's because we're motivated not just by fear, but by love.

When my kids were teens, I thought I only had to worry about where they were, whom they were with, and what they were doing.

It never occurred to me that I had to worry about:

• Toxic Air Pollution
...

I trust the experts.

When doctors told me I had a tumor on my kidney, I didn't start arguing with them about cell division. They went to medical school, and I did not. I didn't need to understand how CAT scans worked, or what exactly an MRI did. If I...

You know how sometimes a talking head can make you so agitated that you want to yell at the screen? I felt that way listening to the recent testimony of Harry C. Alford, the President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, during a Senate committee...

I'll admit it. I'm addicted to Grey's Anatomy. My dad was a surgeon, and as a kid I really wanted to go to medical school when I grew up. But I couldn't even get through pre-med. Advanced calculus undid me. Now I get my medical thrills from TV.

So when...