
Clean Air Month
May is Clean Air Month, sponsored by the American Lung Association (ALA) since 1972. Clean Air Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the improvements in air quality since the passage of the 1070 Clean Air Act and, to build awareness of action remaining. The 2024 ALA’sState of the Air Report is now available.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Biden administration also finalized several rules to further address air pollution.Click hereto learn more about the newly mandated reductions in pollutants and the health benefits and saved lives these reductions will bring.
Action Item
From Health Professionals for Climate, action is being requested of health care professionals as Congress begins to address farm policy. Upcoming farm policy could pit programs like SNAP and important conservation initiatives against each other for funding. Both nutrition and clean water, soil, and air, are vital for health and should be prioritized. Read more and take action here.
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
Join Us
May 14th 8:00 am: Morning Scoop with Arizona Capitol Times: Charting a Path to a Clean, Reliable, Affordable Energy Future (zoom) Register here
May 14th 5:30 pm: May’s AzNA Climate Change & Health Workgroup Meeting
May 29th: 12-1 pm: A Discussion with Dr. Eugene Livar, Arizona's 1st Chief Heat Officer, about the Governor's Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89679461903?pwd=drcLOh0tEXZbqVnbJaNIjWKQdE1EJS.1
Meeting ID: 896 7946 1903
Passcode: 579314
June 12th: 11 am-12 pm (AZ): Healthy People 2023 Webinar. Air Quality Matters: improving Health and Lung Function
Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!