Thank you for visiting us at the AzNA Convention

Thank you to all the wonderful nurses we met at the convention and who stopped by to say hello, pick up a Climate Rx badge, or sign up for our workgroup. Pat VanMaanen spoke about Heat and its impact on Health.  If you missed signing up to get our updates and meeting notices, you can do it here.

New Report: Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on US Climate, Health, and Welfare

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NAM) released a consensus Study Report on September 17^th. The Committee was charged to review and summarize the changes in evidence since the 2009 Endangerment Findings were released by the EPA. The NAM Committee presented their findings yesterday in a webinar following the report’s release. In this webinar they succinctly stated their approach, provided a summary of their findings and made the following statement:

“The EPA’s 2009 findings that the human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence”

These findings and work from the NAM should give us confidence in stating to the EPA that the 2009 Endangerment Findings are good to stand and no changes are needed, including rescinding them.

Action Alert: Endangerment Finding

By September 22^nd

Repealing the endangerment finding would disregard the overwhelming scientific consensus and exacerbate the health impacts we are already experiencing from climate change.

So far, over 103,000 people have submitted comments, and more than 600 have testified on the proposal to repeal the EPA’s Endangerment Finding, the key ruling that recognized greenhouse gases as a threat to public health and welfare.  

Under docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194, titled “Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards,” the EPA is considering whether to weaken those protections. Hundreds of Americans, including scientists, health professionals, faith leaders, and community advocates, have voiced strong opposition.

We urge all nurses to voice their opposition to rescinding this essential safeguard.

TAKE ACTION

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Please share this with others and ask them to follow your lead and act.

What We Are Reading & Listening to Now

• Podcast: Keeping Cool in One of America’s Hottest Cities (Public Health On Call)
• Air Pollution Triggers forms of dementia, research suggests (The Guardian) Article (Science)
• The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about (WashPost)
• Rising temperatures increase added sugar intake disproportionately in disadvantaged groups in the USA (Nature)
• Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the US: Insights from national policy stakeholders (The Journal of Climate Change and Health)
• Childhood Heat Risk is Rising ( Climate Central)
• Climate Activists Cite Health Hazards in Bid to Stop Unleasing of Fossil Fuels (KFF Health News)

Join Us: Webinars & Events

• September 24^th: 12 pm (ET): Advancing Climate & Health Equite – The Role of Nurses Ahead of COP30 Register
• October 8^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (MST): A Pediatrician’s Perspective on Climate Impacts Register
• October 9^th: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (EDT): Extreme Heat + Children’s Health: Strategies for Prevention and Action: A ive, virtual training! Register
• October 16^th 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm (ET): Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health Heat Listening Session Register
• October 22^nd: 12 pm (ET): The Power of Nurses: Driving Climate Solutions at COP30 and Beyond Register
• November 19^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (MST): Promoting Climate Action through Quality and Safety Activities Register

   

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  Don’t forget to join the 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. The Regional Forums will 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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  Recordings

• Podcast: Healthy Climate America. New issues each week.Here
• Online: Extreme Heat & Health: Strategies for Prevention and Action (3 CEs) Link
• July 29^th: EPC Environmental Justice Poll Briefing Recording
• 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

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