Readers Requested

Have you read or are you interested in reading the ‘Heat Will Kill You First – Life and Death on a Scorched Planet’, by Jeff Goodell, AND being part of our group review column? Like a book club, we are collecting readers. However, those who read or will read this book by July 1^st can meet via Zoom to discuss and write a brief review for a collective review published by the AzNA Climate Change and Health Workgroup in an upcoming Arizona Nurse issue. To participate or ask additional questions, contact us at aznacchworkgroup@gmail.com.

Action Alert

Clean energy delivers massive benefits, from good-paying jobs to lower pollution risks and lower energy prices. The American people overwhelmingly support clean energy.  Clean energy investments are being offered to communities nationwide, and defunding clean energy will increase pollution and put people out of work. The cost of obstructing clean energy progress is too high: from slower job growth and lost economic benefits to volatile energy prices and increasingly damaging and expensive extreme weather disasters. Sign on to a letter to Congress, supporting ongoing support of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) clean energy investments and incentives.

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What We Are Reading & Listening to Now

• Heat-related deaths fell in Maricopa County in 2024, according to preliminary report (KTAR)
• Single-use plastic waste on UK and Channel Island beaches up by 9,5% last year (Guardian)
• New Resource: Children’s Well-being Guide for Parents and Caregivers (ecoAmerica)
• Boiling Point: Want to fight climate change?Then talk about climate change (LA Times)
• Solar energy saves money, enables ministry to aid the needy (AZ Capitol Times)

Join Us: Webinars & Events

• March 26^th: 12:00 pm (AZ) The Aire We Share – Protecting Health Center Patients from Air Quality Issues Webinar Register
• April 9^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (MST): Climate Change and Farming: Worker Protections and Community Resiliency Register
• April 15^th – April 17^th, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ET): Save the Date.The 4^th Annual National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) Meeting. Virtual sessions are free to attend.Update: 2/24: Website states meeting postponed.
• April 22^nd Earth Day
• April 22^nd: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm (ET) Climate and Health Summit by National Academy of Medicine Register.
• May 5^th – 9^th Arizona Heat Preparedness Week
• May 21^st: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (MST): Impacts of Heat on Vulnerable Populations Register

   

  Recordings

• March 6^th: Tap Water Affordability in Arizona Recording
• February 5^th: Region 9 Pacific Southwest Center for Emergency Public Health: Heat Surveillance, Preparedness Strategies and Community Response Webinar featuring LA County and Maricopa County Recording
• Recording: Webinar with author and Pediatrician Debra Hendrickson on her new book The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Front Lines of Climate Change. Recording.
• Recording from December 10^th’s webinar: Perspectives on Plastic Lifecycle Series: Plastics Use and Demand Recording.
• Recording from December 11^th’s webinar:A panel discussion on Extreme Weather in Arizona Recording.
• Recording from 3^rd Annual National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) National Meeting 2024 Here

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