Moms Clean Air Force

{{Short description|US environmental organization}}

{{Infobox organization

| established = 2011

| founder = Dominique Browning

| type = Nonprofit

| purpose = Environmental activism

| region_served = United States

| website = {{official website}}

}}

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,{{cite news |last1=Kindelan |first1=Katie |title=Earth Day 2021: Moms become climate activists as they worry about the Earth their kids will inherit |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/earth-day-2021-moms-climate-activists-worry-earth-77152051 |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Good Morning America |date=20 April 2021}} and is politically neutral or, in its own words, "mom-partisan".{{cite news |last1=Schiller |first1=Lauren |title=Clean air is a "mom-partisan" issue: Making climate crisis activism a family affair |url=https://www.salon.com/2020/03/22/clean-air-is-a-mom-partisan-issue-making-climate-crisis-activism-a-family-affair/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |work=Slate |date=22 March 2020}} It was co-founded in 2011 by Dominique Browning in partnership with Hanne Grantham and Sue Mandel of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).{{cite news |last1=Heikkinen |first1=Niina |title=Passionate Moms Take On Scott Pruitt, Air Pollution and Climate |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/passionate-moms-take-on-scott-pruitt-air-pollution-and-climate/ |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Scientific American |date=28 February 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Greviskes |first1=Amber |title=One NYC Mother Has Made Fighting Pollution a Priority |url=https://www.nymetroparents.com/article/fight-air-pollution-to-protect-your-child-s-health20120731 |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=NY Metro Parents |date=31 July 2012}} It also campaigns on related issues such as toxic chemicals{{cite news |last1=Gutierrez Kruege |first1=Joline |title=Trying to make sense of the bag ban that really never was |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/2426752/trying-to-make-sense-of-the-bag-ban-that-really-never-was-ex-opponents-of-the-ban-say-many-of-us-now-use-even-more-plastic-bags.html |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=6 September 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Fallon |first1=Scott |title=NJ factories, refineries released 6 million pounds of toxic chemicals into air and water |url=https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2019/03/05/nj-released-6-million-pounds-toxic-chemicals-into-air-and-water/3065305002/ |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=North Jersey |date=5 March 2019}} and climate change.{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Lisa |last2=Rosen |first2=Julia |title=The Environmental Justice Wake-Up Call |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/climate/climate-environmental-justice.html |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 June 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Fears |first1=Darryl |last2=Grandoni |first2=Dino |title=EPA just detailed all the ways climate change will hit U.S. racial minorities the hardest. It's a long list. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/02/ida-climate-change/ |access-date=17 September 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news |last1=Broschart |first1=Beth Christian |title=Moms Clean Air Force seeking members to take everyday actions that protect environment for future generations |url=https://www.mybuckhannon.com/moms-clean-air-force-seeking-members-to-take-everyday-actions-that-protect-environment-for-future-generations/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |work=My Buckhannon |date=6 February 2020}} Recent campaigns have included calling for the electrification of diesel school buses{{cite news |last1=Thigpen |first1=Madeline |title=Mother's Organization wants to electrify Yellow School Buses |url=https://theatlantavoice.com/mothers-organization-wants-to-electrify-yellow-school-buses/ |access-date=24 February 2022 |work=Atlanta Voice |date=18 July 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Hailstone |first1=Jamie |title=Is it time for the humble yellow school bus to go green? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehailstone/2021/12/09/is-it-time-for-the-humble-yellow-school-bus-to-go-green/ |access-date=24 February 2022 |work=Forbes |date=9 December 2021}} and supporting President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Plan.{{cite news |title="I'm asking you, Uncle Joe": Clean energy, fossil fuel advocates lobby Manchin, Congress in infrastructure fight |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_and_environment/im-asking-you-uncle-joe-clean-energy-fossil-fuel-advocates-lobby-manchin-congress-in-infrastructure/article_bd1cffe5-ec78-545f-a50d-4e5deebc401f.html |access-date=24 February 2022 |work=Charleston Gazette Mail |date=16 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Jessica |title=Arizonans to Senator Sinema: The Climate Crisis Can't Wait |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/arizonans-senator-sinema-climate-crisis-can-t-wait |website=Sierra |publisher=Sierra Club |access-date=24 February 2022 |date=3 November 2021}}