7 Most-Read Articles of 2023

9 months ago

Written by Emily Pickett

From toxic chemicals in household products to pollution from gas stoves to federal climate funding—Moms Clean Air Force connects the dots between serious climate and air issues and our everyday lives, offering real-world solutions to pollution. Find out which of our articles resonated most with readers this year.

Emily Pickett

Future(s) of the Voluntary Carbon Market: How CFTC Guidance Can Shift Carbon Credits Toward Higher Integrity

9 months ago
During COP28, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed guidance applicable to voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivative contracts listed on designated contract markets (DCMs). DCMs are self-regulating exchanges that operate under the oversight of the CFTC. By law, they must take measures to protect market participants from abusive practices, promote fair and equitable trading, […]
Holly Pearen

Future(s) of the Voluntary Carbon Market: How CFTC Guidance Can Shift Carbon Credits Toward Higher Integrity

9 months ago
During COP28, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed guidance applicable to voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivative contracts listed on designated contract markets (DCMs). DCMs are self-regulating exchanges that operate under the oversight of the CFTC. By law, they must take measures to protect market participants from abusive practices, promote fair and equitable trading, […]
Holly Pearen

Can seaweed really help fight global warming? Here’s what we know so far.

9 months ago
We’re seeing the impacts of climate change in real time. There is an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere to avoid more catastrophic climate change impacts. This will require both reductions in GHG emissions and the removal of GHGs from the atmosphere. In recent years, this need has driven interest in […]
Rod Fujita

Can seaweed really help fight global warming? Here’s what we know so far.

9 months ago

We’re seeing the impacts of climate change in real time. There is an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere to avoid more catastrophic climate change impacts. This will require both reductions in GHG emissions and the removal of GHGs from the atmosphere. In recent years, this need has driven interest in […]

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Rod Fujita

EPA’s New Chemical Review Process: A Thought Experiment

9 months ago

In our previous blogs in this multipart series, we have focused on some of the major changes we believe EPA needs to make in its review process for new chemicals—and how EPA could propose regulations to make those reviews safer. In this post, we want to walk you through why EPA must set rules that […]

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Samantha Liskow

EPA’s new chemical review process: A thought experiment

9 months ago

In our previous blogs in this multipart series, we have focused on some of the major changes we believe EPA needs to make in its review process for new chemicals—and how EPA could propose regulations to make those reviews safer. In this post, we want to walk you through why EPA must set rules that […]

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Samantha Liskow

Climate Disruption Is Changing Childhood

9 months ago

Written by Elizabeth Bechard

Climate change is already affecting families’ lives in the here and now. Our new fact sheet describes how children’s smaller, still-developing bodies make them especially vulnerable to climate threats like stronger storms, extreme temperatures, and air polluted by wildfire smoke.

Elizabeth Bechard