Julianne Moore: Tell Washington to support clean air for our kids

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It's time for moms to roar! Join Julianne and the Moms Clean Air Force: http://www.momscleanairforce.org/roar

Actress and mother Julianne Moore released a new video calling on parents to join the fight against toxic air pollution. In the video, which endorses a nonpartisan grassroots group called the Moms Clean Air Force, Moore appears along with the heroine of her popular children's books, Freckleface Strawberry.

Moms are becoming a powerful force in American politics. They are telling Washington that they will not allow their children's health to be compromised by dirty fossil fuel power plants, the single largest source of pollution in the U.S. The Moms Clean Air Force is a growing community of tens of thousands of moms— from all across the political spectrum and all across the country—uniting to make their voices heard to protect their children's health. "Clean air should be above politics," Moore said. "The discussion about regulations to protect our air has gotten so polarized that we have forgotten an important thing: We all breathe the same air. And all our children suffer because of pollution. We don't have to choose between a healthy economy and a healthy environment. We can have both. We can have what's best for all our children."

President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act into law in 1970 with overwhelming support from Democrats and Republicans; however, the law is now under dangerous political attack. The new mercury and air toxics standards signed in December, after 21 years of planning, are already under political attack, with some politicians in Congress and lobbyists for the utility and coal industries calling to annul it or defund the Environmental Protection Agency.

Responding to this threat, Moms Clean Air Force is bringing parents together in support of a simple idea: That every child has the right to breathe clean air.

Moore became interested in MCAF after Dominique Browning, the group's Co-Founder and Senior Director and former Editor-in-Chief of House & Garden, contacted her last summer. "I wrote to Julianne, knowing she is a protective mom, asking her if she would help us spread the word about the connection between toxic—and invisible—air pollution and children's health, and she responded immediately," Browning said. "Julianne joins a Force of thousands of mothers with real concerns about mercury poisoning, asthma, behavioral issues, and host of other problems associated with polluted air. Together we are determined to clear the air and protect the health of our children and loved ones."

Moms Clean Air Force is a coalition of mothers including Blythe Danner, Laila Ali, and Jessica Capshaw, and partner groups such as Healthy Child, Healthy World, Asthma Moms, Latism (Latinos in Social Media), Me and my 1000 Girlfriends, Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment (ANHE), Care2, BlogHer, Clever Girls Collective, and Me and My 1000 Girlfriends.

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[tsdempster1]

If we would free up the regulations on Energy Tech across the board.

Coal, Oil, Natural Gas. FRACKING WILL SAVE OUR ECONOMY people.

On Government Land, not just Private land,

Jobs would be created, Not just Millionaire Hollywood people who have no Idea what it is like to have a real job.

Companies could afford to improve quality control,

families could afford more efficient cars, gas...etc...

[tsdempster1]

The best way to improve and fund clean air is a thriving economy.

When you don't have money for food, and are getting to work on fumes,

you have to ask yourself which is more important.

Getting to work to feed your children and be with them,

or Increasing Regulations so gas goes up an Extra $1 a Gallon,

so you can't afford those fumes any more,

you have to take the bus which takes an extra 2 hours

away from your time with your children,

and you have even less money to feed your kids.

[rxmakeupqueen]

if we can not handle our debt how are we going to be able to pay for the resources so we can have clean air? I am just wondering..

[Maria Celia Hernandez]

What a shame for those who do not care for their fellow man 's life.That is a crime in God's law.Bless you who do not see the good in others hearts.Bless your children that sometimes pay the price of drunken drivers.Bless all the children around the world.Thank you Miss.Julianne for what you are doing to protect the will be victim.God forgive nothing happens to any one in the streets.MCH

[koreanricequeen]

@fallenangelZH haha yeah, only mothers care about drunk driving! As a father, I frankly don't care if people are boozed up behind the wheel.

[PK Requinoks]

Because we need another ALLL WOMEN'S group such as MAAD.

[EnemyAce88]

Go tell China about clean air. They're making way more pollution than us these days.

[CandDLandscapingLLC]

Clean air? Want clean freakin air? If u really care about your kids ask THEM what's in chemtrails. WAKE THE FLOCK UP SHEEPLE. chemtrails are real and they are poison DO SOME RESEARCH AND QUIT BELIEVING EVRY THING THEY TELL U. So what's the govt solution? I know TAX THE HELL OUT OF THEM FOR CARBON EMESIANS. Hope they are paying u well for your stupid bullshit. Fight for something REAL LIKE MONSANTO POISONing your precious chidrens FOOD SUPPLY. WAKE UP SHEEP

[koreanricequeen]

just FYI...dads care about their children and clean air too. Why not Parent's Clean Air Force?