Arizona received great news!

The Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate (HEAR) Program is now available to Arizona consumers. The Office of Resiliency shared in their newsletter that Arizona’s home energy rebate program, Efficiency Arizona, is now open for new applicants. In addition to A/C replacements, the program now covers a broader range of technologies, including dryers, insulation and ventilation, ovens and stoves, and water heaters. The contractor network has also expanded.

Be a Climate Communications Champion:

Advocacy Skills Training for Challenging Times

Are you interested in enhancing your skills in climate change and health communication to make a difference in your community? This six-part training series from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health builds on our previous Communications Champions annual workshops. During this series, we will help develop essential communication skills to raise public awareness about the health risks associated with climate change and inspire action towards a just, sustainable, and healthy world for generations to come. All sessions are at noon for Arizona. Sessions are: June 17^th, July 8^th, July 22^nd, August 5^th, August 19^th, and September 2^nd. 

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Federal Update

Last week, the House of Representatives passed its version of the budget bill. The bill includes provisions that are deeply harmful to IRA programs and the jobs, savings, and health benefits they deliver to local communities - see how every member voted here. The bill now heads to the Senate, where some Republican senators have expressed concern about its clean energy program phase-out. 

Many federal grants remain frozen, including programs from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, as well as grants from the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice & External Civil Rights and the Office of Research and Development. Lawsuits are ongoing, and last week, sixteen states, the District of Columbia, and over half a dozen environmental groups sued the Trump administration regarding the frozen National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program funding.                  –Segment on Federal Updates provided by Apex Strategic Consulting

Join the ANHE West Regional Forum Today!

The team at ANHE has been working to respond to the calls of so many of you, and we are thrilled to announce the rollout of ANHE Regional Forums! Over 700 ANHE members in Arizona, California, and Nevada are committed to ensuring access to healthy food, water, air, and soil for all communities. We host events, share information about current developments, and create opportunities for nurses to communicate with their legislators and with one another regarding issues in environmental health.

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What We Are Reading & Listening to Now

• Tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions (The Guardian)
• Zero Podcast: The Climate Race (Bloomberg Green)
• Sustainable Storytelling: Passive Houses and Care-free Streets (Art & Climate Change)
• The Climate Crisis is not a good look…literally (Katharine Hayhoe)
• AZ Climate (AZ Republic)
• Water Agenda: The other ‘water security’ (AZ Agenda)
• NM latest state developing standards to protect workers in extreme heat (Inside Climate News)
• Hobbs orders creation of heat safety task force for workers (AZ Capitol Times)*

*AzNA Climate Change & Health Workforce Chair, Pat VanMaanen, will serve on the Governor’s heat safety task force.

Join Us: Webinars & Events

• June 2^nd: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): Global Heat Action Day: Local Solutions to Protect Communities Register
• June 4^th: Investing in Health: The Local Impacts of Climate Action & Clean Energy. Register
• June 12^th: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (AZ): Modeling Climate Solutions for a Healthier Future: A Hands – On En-Roads Workshop Register
• June 20^th: 10:00 am – 11:00 am (AZ): Reducing Harmful Plastics in Healthcare — From Awareness to Action Register

   

  Recordings

• The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health: 2024 Communication Training Sessions Recordings
• May 14^th: Mitigating Heat-Related Health Risks in Arizona Recording
• 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!