Action: Tell Congress to Fight for a Safe Climate

Ensuring clean air, water, and a healthy climate is so crucial for everyone. Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are doing critical work to reduce pollution, fight the climate crisis, provide cleaner and affordable energy, and help communities prepare for and recover from extreme weather. To sustain this vital work, these agencies require the appropriate funding and staffing.

That’s why it's so essential for Congress to support these agencies by providing adequate funding and resources, and to make sure the administration follows the law by using funds as intended. When Congress empowers and supports these agencies and their dedicated staff, they can continue their mission of protecting everyone in the U.S. and future generations, helping us all live safer, healthier lives. Tell Congress to Fight for a Safe Climate.

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Climate Week News

Here are highlight videos from Climate Week last week, brought to you by Inside Climate unless noted otherwise.

• Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus? Read about clean energy under the Trump administration and what communities think when data centers move in next door, and is AI good or bad for climate change.
• The Steep Environmental Costs of China’s Massive Global Development. The impact of China’s initiatives in developing countries.
• Can Pollution from Industrial Animal Agriculture be Controlled? Most of the meat eaten in the US comes from large animal feeding operations, also known as CAFOs. These industrial facilities house thousands of animals in close quarters, generating tremendous amounts of manure, climate-polluting methane and a host of issues for neighbors.
• A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them. Some 640 million acres of the United States are owned by the federal government for the benefit of the people. These public lands, widely loved by Americans, are being pulled in multiple directions over questions of who gets access, how the land is used and managed, and what values should guide those choices.
• Disinformation on Steroids: Climate Science Takes It on the Chin. Did you hear the one about the space lasers starting forest fires? Fringe conspiracy theories like this still swirl in certain parts of the internet. But some climate change disinformation is harder to spot—it’s subtle, sophisticated and circulated by trusted sources. 
• Climate Week: Catalyzing Climate and Health Research Impact and Application: National AcademY of Medicine (NAM) Recording.

What We Are Reading & Listening to Now

• Trend report suggests sustainability is still important to hospital leaders (heathcare brew)
• Heat Kills, But That’s Not the End of It (azcentral)
• As Heat-related hospital visits rise, AZ’s focus is on deaths and quick fixes (azcentral)
• 10^th Annual Children’s Environmental Health Day October 9^th https://cehday.org/ (CEHday)
• Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change & Health (SCORCH) Newsletter: Building Climate Resilience (UofA)
• Climate Change and Workplace Heat Stress: Technical Report and Guidance (WMO and WHO)
• How to care for your pets sustainably (Sierra Club)
• Fossil Fuels and Fossilized Minds (Paul Krugman)

ANHE Fellowship Application Open

The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) is accepting applications for its fourth cohort of the Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship Program. For more information and the application process, please visit this link.

Webinars & Events

• October 7^th: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm (AZ): Sierra Club’s Virtual Volunteer Advocacy Workshop in preparation for the 2026 State Legislative Session(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 10^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): Healing the Planet, Healing Ourselves: Exploring Equitable Approaches to Mental Health Register
• October 16^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): STAT Extreme Weather & Health Action Network Series (virtual) 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 5^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): STAT Extreme Weather & Health Action Network Series (virtual) Register
• November 19^th: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (MST): Promoting Climate Action through Quality and Safety Activities Register
• November 19^th: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (AZ): Save the Date: 3^rd Annual Arizona Heat Summit
• December 3^rd: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): STAT Extreme Weather & Health Action Network Series (virtual) Register

   

   

   

  Recordings

• September 4^th: Leveraging Data to Drive Effective Heat Protection Policies (webinar) Recording
• May-July: APHA three-part podcast series on extreme heat Recording
• New: 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
• New: July 9^th: Keeping It Cool: Heat Preparedness Resources for Community Health Centers 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!