Raising Awareness of the Effects of Air Pollution on World Asthma Day
In Philadelphia, one in five children suffers from asthma.
On World Asthma Day, Clean Air Action Political Director Liz Green Schultz delivered a powerful speech calling for stronger clean air protections and accountability for polluting industries.
In her speech, Schultz shares her personal experience living with asthma, highlights the harmful impacts of dirty air on communities across Pennsylvania, and urges lawmakers to put people over polluters. She also reminds residents that local action, community organizing, and public pressure are essential in the fight for clean air.
Clean air is a nonpartisan issue.
Learn how we’re fighting for your right to breathe clean air and take action here.
