Action Alert

Thank Senators Kelly and Gallego

Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, along with 30 of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, demanding that the Trump administration immediately restore the Solar for All program, which helps working-class families afford rooftop and community solar energy, reducing their home energy costs. 

This joint letter, led by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), follows a letter from Senators Kelly and Gallego, Governor Katie Hobbs, and Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-4) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-3) when the program cancellation was first announced in August. They condemned the administration’s decision to cancel $7 billion in funding. 

The program would have created tens of thousands of good-paying jobs in communities across the country, lowered residential electricity bills by at least 20 percent for more than 900,000 households, and saved working families more than $8.7 billion in electric costs over the lifetime of the panels.  You can read the full letter here.

Please contact their office by phone or online to express your gratitude for their promotion of clean energy and their strong climate-protective leadership. We understand that polluted air worsens health issues like respiratory and heart conditions. Using clean energy will help reduce air pollution while lowering energy costs for Arizonans.

Contact for Senator Kelly:       Phoenix: 602-671-7901

                                                Tucson: 520-475-5177           

DC: 202-224-2235

Online Contact Form

Contact for Senator Gallego: Phoenix: 480-697-3600

                                                Tucson: 520-777-0400

                                                DC: 202-224-4521

                                                Onine Contact Form

What We Are Reading & Listening to Now

• The ‘science’ behind economics explains the big problems we face (Zero Podcast)
• State attorneys general sue Trump administration for canceled solar program funding (AP)
• AZ Climate (azcentral)
• The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Monthly Digest (MSCCH)
• Climate Change Causing More Deaths From Heat, Wildfire Smoke (HealthDay)
• Growing Threat to Heat-Exposed Workers: Chronic Kidney Disease (Inside Climate News)

Webinars & Events

• 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):: 3^rd Annual Arizona Heat Summit Register
• December 3^rd: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ): STAT Extreme Weather & Health Action Network Series (virtual) Register
• February 28-March 3: Our Planet, Our Health 2026 Convention 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!