In Maryland, Tenants Are Fighting for Their Right to Clean Air

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Lemonada Media

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4.9 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Most people think of pollution as something outside, like smog and exhaust. But gas stoves, ovens, furnaces, and water heaters can actually release nitrogen dioxide directly into your home. For renters, that's a problem without easy solutions: unlike homeowners, they can't simply swap in safer, cleaner energy sources, and landlords and policymakers have been slow to act. In this episode, host Gloria Riviera speaks with Adama Moussa Harouna and Tanushree Dutta Isaacman, organizers at Action in Montgomery, about their work pushing for safer living conditions, lower toxic emissions, and a more sustainable energy future for renters. This episode was made in partnership with Action in Montgomery. To learn more about their work, visit actioninmontgomery.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonado.
0:02.7	Hi, it's Julia Louis Dreyfus here, and I can't wait for you to hear our new episode of Wiser
0:15.6	than Me with Cindy Lauper on Amazon Music.
0:19.0	Cindy may be a girl who just wants to have fun, but for 40 years she has brought
0:23.5	playfulness and a dash of punk to some serious activism.
0:28.1	We talk about her lifelong LGBTQ-plus advocacy, her astonishing music career, and pick up a whole
0:35.4	lot of wisdom along the way.
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0:39.3	included with Prime.
0:44.7	Hi, it's Gloria Riviera. You might know me from Lemonada Media's No One is coming to save us
0:53.2	and good things.
0:59.6	I'm dropping into your feed today because I wanted to share an episode of good things that feels especially timely and hopeful.
1:02.1	On good things, we focus on the people who aren't just talking about what's broken.
1:06.7	They're actually doing something about it.
1:09.1	In each episode, we take on big, complicated issues facing this country and look at them through a solutions lens.
1:16.3	We dig into everything from climate solutions to literacy to protecting democracy, while always asking, who's rolling up their sleeves?
1:24.9	And what can we learn from them?
1:26.9	In this episode, I'm joined by
1:28.2	Adama Musa Haruna and Tanushri Duta Isaacman, organizers with Action in Montgomery, a community
1:35.6	power organization in Montgomery County, Maryland. Together, they're pushing for safer living
1:41.1	apartment conditions, lower indoor pollutants, and a more sustainable energy future for renters.
1:47.7	If you're looking for smart, grounded conversations about how change really happens, I hope you'll check out good things.
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