Action Alert

The Lung Association and 30 leading patient, provider, and professional organizations have sent a letter to Congress regarding the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform or SOAR Act (S. 3821/H.R. 7829). 

 You Can Help Now:Tell your member of Congress to cosponsor this vital and important piece of legislation.Your actions really do make a difference.

Further reading:Navigating Challenges of OxygenAccessibility.

Climate Rx

Prescription for Climate Action

• We all want to help protect our patients from climate-related hazards
• We need to reframe climate change as a health problem, but also an opportunity
• As a health professional, your voice matters
• ClimateRx is a tool you can use to engage your patients and colleagues on climate and health
• Best of all, you don’t need to interrupt your busy schedule or be an expert on climate and health to make a difference

   

  https://www.climaterx.org/

  Care for your health, care for our climate

   

• As a health professional, join ClimateRx to bring climate action to your everyday work. Get started today!
• Access ClimateRx information and resources on the impacts of climate change on health and what you can do to care for your health. 
• Learn how to care for your health through actions you can take at home and with neighbors as well as policy & systemic action.

What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week

• As the Country Heats Up, ERs May See an Influx of Young Patients Struggling With Mental Health (Inside Climate News)
• Climate Change and Cardiovascular Health (JAMA Cardiology)
• Preparing for Poor Air Quality this Summer (ALA Newsletter)
• Earth Fissures, Subsidence & Harst in Arizona (AZ Geological Survey)
• The EPA’s new limits on PFAS in drinking water face legal challenges(NPR)
• Few water reforms emerged from the Legislature, but governor says talks will continue (AZCentral)
• I care about the environment. Here’s why the Corporation Commission matters to me (CEBV)
• Report: Clean energy creates $78M in annual revenue helping AZ Communities (AZ Digital Free Press)

Join Us

July 2^nd: 12:00 pm (AZ) Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) Food & Agriculture Committee Webinar: Plant-forward Diets: Benefits for Health and the Planet Register

July 9^th: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm AzNA Climate Change & Health Workgroup June. Zoom Link

July 11^th: 12:00 pm (AZ)  ANHE Policy & Advocacy Forum: The Lead& Copper Rule: Opportunities for Nursing Action Register

September 10^th: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action Annual Virtual Summit Zoom Link

Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!