American Lung Association

The American Lung Association works to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research, education, and advocacy. This grant supports the association’s effort to build institutional knowledge and staff capacity to engage in public debate about prescribed fire policy. (Substrategy: Wildfire)

The American Lung Association’s Healthy Air Campaign mobilizes the medical and health community in support of climate and clean air safeguards that protect public health from the dangerous effects of air pollution and climate change. This renewal grant allows the association, one of the most prominent U.S. public health organizations, to continue its work in support of clean air, climate action, and strong EPA regulations and funding to protect public health, with a focus on the disproportionate burden and inequities of climate change and air pollution. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)

The Healthy Air Campaign mobilizes large numbers of health experts and advocates at state and national levels to support policies that protect public health and address carbon pollution from power plants. The campaign gives voice to those whose lives are impacted by air pollution; debunks polluters’ false narrative that we must choose between protecting public health and our economy; and recruits high-profile leadership to draw attention to the health impacts of climate change — including worsened air quality, longer and hotter heat waves, more frequent and intense wildfires, and spread of diseases.