Commentary: AZ GOP Delegation chose tax breaks for wealthy over clean energy jobs and Public Health

Our member, Paloma Greenwald, MA, BSN, RN, who also works for Elders Climate Action as a Program Manager for Health and Climate Initiatives, published an article in the Arizona Mirror about the federal HR-1 Reconciliation Bill, which recently passed by one vote in the House. She delves into the bill and highlights the number of health programs that will be cut, while providing tax cuts for billionaires and further increasing the national deficit. Read the article here.

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Send a Letter to Your Senator: Oppose HR-1

The HR-1 Reconciliation bill (also known as the big beautiful bill) passed the House by one vote.

This sweeping legislation would gut Medicaid, slash food assistance, strip funding from Planned Parenthood, eliminate clean energy rules, regulations and programs, and hand billions in tax breaks to billionaires — all while ballooning the national debt by nearly $4 trillion.

Now it’s headed to the Senate, and we have the opportunity to stop it.

This is a dangerous bill. In Arizona, cuts to Medicaid could leave up to 500,000 people without health care coverage and eliminate thousands of health care jobs. Rural hospitals are at risk of closing. This is serious. Cuts to food programs for children and seniors to fund tax cuts for the wealthy don’t seem fair.

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Extreme Weather People's Hearing in Phoenix

Where:South Mountain Community College, Student Union Conference Center, 7050 S. 24th St, Phoenix, AZ 85042
When: Thursday, June 26th at 6:00 PM

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What We Are Reading & Listening to Now

• Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine (Guardian)
• Stanton creates new congressional caucus to focus on extreme heat (KJZZ)
• Arizona deserves more federal help for extreme heat relief, Dems say (azcentral)
• Navajo County residents don’t want Trump proposal revival (azcentral)
• https://www.climaterx.org/grandrounds (ClimateRx)
• Arizona’s GOP delegation chose tax breaks for billionaires over clean energy jobs and public health (AZ Mirror)
• Trump’s EPA wants to repeal regulations on carbon emissions from power plants (MSN)

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• June 17^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): Communications 101: How to Make the Case About Climate Change, Health & Equity Register
• June 20^th: 10:00 am – 11:00 am (AZ): Reducing Harmful Plastics in Healthcare — From Awareness to Action Register
• July 8^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): Speaking Out in Challenging Times: Working With the Media and Media Relations Departments Register
• July 9^th: 9:00 am – 10:00 am (AZ): Healthy Horizons: Addressing Environmental Health for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities Register
• July 22^nd: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): Harnessing the Power of Social Media: Using Different Platforms Strategically Register
• July 24^th: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (ET): Extreme Heat & Health: Clinical and Public Health Strategies for Prevention and Action Webinar with free CEUs Register
• August 5^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): 3.0 Weighing in on Public Discourse: Working with Local and State Papers Register
• August 19^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): Fighting Misinformation: Discussing the Realities of Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and Health Register
• September 2^nd: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): Making Your Voice Heard: Influencing Decision-Making in Likely and Unlikely Places Register

   

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• June 2^nd: Global Heat Action Day: Local Solutions to Protect Communities Recording
• 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

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