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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action

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We believe that by working together, we can create a healthier, more sustainable future for all! Visit www.azhpca.org for newsletters, educational material, events, and more!

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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Please join the upcoming Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action webinar! 🧪🌎⚕️ Dr. Sarah Mills will be speaking about how clinicians and health practitioners can leverage their expertise at the local government level to facilitate policy
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Arizona has 98 data centers currently operating and 86 planned or under construction, per the Pew Research Center. More than 4,000 Arizona residents have signed a petition pushing back on Project Baccara, a proposed 160-acre technology infrastructure in Maricopa County
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Most new data centers in the U.S. are coming to rural areas
Over 1,500 new data centers are in development nationwide. Most will be built in rural areas, particularly the South and Midwest, marking a shift from urban locations.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The AZ State Public Health Laboratory recently opened recruitment for a biomonitoring project, focused on individuals who live near open or closed mines. "We will also be oversampling for members of tribes due to the long history of mining on tribal lands." -ASPHL
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
High electricity bill? Utility statements won’t state just how much of your payment goes directly to profits, but a new calculator helps find the profits in your bill #PeopleOverProfits 🧪🌎⚕️ ➡️ energyandpolicy.org/utilityprofi...
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How Much Do Utilities Profit from Your Electric Bill?
See how much of your monthly electric bill goes to your utility's profits. An interactive tool from the Energy and Policy Institute.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
As AZ lawmakers look to address constituent concerns over data center growth in AZ, water usage is fading from the conversation. Rep. and Dem. lawmakers introduced 13 bills this session related to data centers, but bills aimed at curbing data center water usage have landed on the cutting room floor.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Phoenix AZ temperatures are expected to climb once again, with some forecasts calling for 100-degree weather next week. That's more than a month sooner than we're supposed to see triple-digit temperatures. 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Arizona 𝗔𝗚 Kris Mayes is appealing a decision by state utility regulators that blocked legal challenge of the energy supply agreement for a proposed data center. Mayes argues that the agreement allows 𝗧𝗘𝗣 and 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 to set electricity rate schedules out of public view. The 𝗔𝗖𝗖 approved
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Tucson City Council is considering new ways to provide residents control over their electricity. Council members discussed four options, including purchasing power for residents, establishing city-run utilities for city buildings or new areas and potentially taking over 𝗧𝗘𝗣.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
In #AZ, 1 in 6 households spends over 6% of their income on energy — about $811 more each year than they can afford. As one Phoenix resident writes in this op-ed, Arizona’s summers are deadly. The @Arizona Corporation Commission must put consumer protection first — it’s their core mission🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"Climate change is real." Dr Eve Shapiro reaffirms the endangerment finding, repealed Feb 12th 2026🧪🌎⚕️
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Brian Drummond, MD @bsdrum.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
@dangwx.bsky.social shared in our #medicalstudent class yesterday this past winters ranking. We saw cold in the news for the east coast thanks to some polar vortex action, but much of the USA, especially in #arizona had the hottest winter on record!!! #climatehealth @azhpca.bsky.social
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
When most Arizonans open their electric bill and see another increase, they blame the utility company. That makes sense. The utility companies send the bills. But what many people don’t realize is that the authority to approve energy rate increases rests with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Registration is open for The 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention. An opportunity to learn, build community, and develop skills you can use to make an impact. Register here: cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26 🧪🌎⚕️
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Summary - 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Data centers fuel concern over water, energy use, air pollution. Renewable solutions are our only true solutions. 🧪🌎⚕️ www.12news.com/article/news...
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Data centers will spike electricity bills, but renewable energy could offset the pain, report finds
Investing in clean energy could avoid trillions of dollars in health and climate costs, the Union of Concerned Scientists' report said.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Check out this exciting opportunity from the Fossil Free for Health Coalition and other partners to join a Health Professionals Advocacy Training on February 12th to advocate for Make Polluters Pay campaigns. This session is hosted by Fossil Free for Health Coalition and other health organizations🧵
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Make Polluters Pay Advocacy Training for Health Professionals. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join health professional colleagues from across the country to learn about how to make the most of your voice to safeguard the health of our communities by advocating to hold polluters accountable for the health harms of fossil fuels. We will learn how to use a carefully developed narrative developed by the Fossil Free for Health (FFH) Coalition— linking science, equity, and lived experience through powerful storytelling and advocacy engagement. We hope you’ll join us to boost your advocacy skills and connect with the community working for the success of visionary Make Polluters Pay campaigns! This is a 90 minute training on February 12, 2026 from 12-1:30pm PT / 2-3:30pm CT / 3-4:30pm ET. Co-Sponsored by: Fossil Free for Health Health in Partnership Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles Climate Health Now CA Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"A Phoenix grandmother shares her story of having to choose between paying her electric bill, buying groceries, or covering medical care. After repeated APS hikes, her winter bill jumped $23→$45 and summer $52→$156 — and now the utility is seeking another 14% increase. Families deserve better."🔗
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Op-ed: The time is now to speak out against the latest APS rate hike
While many Arizonans have struggled to pay the bills, APS’s parent company made over $600 million in profit last year.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Virtual registration for the 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention lets you join the conversation on climate and health from anywhere. Secure your spot today: cvent.me/qxz7yN #OPOH26
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Summary - 2026 Our Planet, Our Health Convention
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
"Heating bills are going up this winter—but it’s not an accident. Gas utilities are raising prices, tacking on mystery charges, and building pipelines we don’t need—all while making record profits and handing CEOs million-dollar payouts. That’s not fair. And it doesn’t have to continue."
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Colorado River has just weeks to strike a deal. The river is a critical provider of water for Arizona, and its life and sustainability matters!!!🧪🌎⚕️ The Nov. deadline was already missed. If the states do not reach an agreement by Feb 14, the federal government will impose its own plan.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🧪🌎⚕️Check out the "Rescinding the Endangerment Finding" Statement Rollup, featuring 65 statements from organizations and climate advocates such as AZHPCA: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Statement Rollup: Endangerment Finding Final Rule
STATEMENT Rollup: Rescinding the Endangerment Finding 1//2026 Please add your statement below as a comment. Organization 3 Air Alliance Houston 3 Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action 4 Arizona Interfaith Power & Light 4 C40 Cities 5 CAC Student Clubs 5 Carolina Advocates for Climate,...
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
AZHPCA brings climate health awareness to the forefront of people's minds. Our education and advocacy work ensures that everyone understands the connection between climate and health. We are committed to improving Arizona's health outcomes and making a positive impact on the environment. 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action | climate health advocacy and education
The burning of fossil fuels is harming more patients each year than tobacco use. Whether this is extreme heat, mental health disease, severe weather or air pollution, Arizona is facing these impacts on our health. Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action is educating and advocating for solutions to decrease health care costs and improve health outcomes. Climate change health impacts all of us, but the treatment for this disease is known, we just need to put it into practice.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Arizona, your voice matters! Data centers use massive amounts of water & energy; and they’re expanding fast and into your communities. 🏗️ Use your right to public comment to shape how this infrastructure grows in our communities. Speak up for sustainable progress! 🌵⚡ 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Arizonans! Keep your eyes on the Colorado River Deal. Sustainability is critical not just Arizona, but for all who the river provides for!
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We need transparent oversight, public input, and clean energy standards that put health, equity, & affordability first. Cheering utility proposals before review damages trust and risks locking AZ into higher costs + fossil fuel dependence. 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Electricity rates in Arizona are rising, and fast. With major utilities seeking up to 14% hikes, more than twice inflation. Low-income households face energy insecurity, unsafe temps, and tough choices. Rate structures must be fair. Read more: KJZZ Phoenix: bit.ly/4oIm69f
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With utility rates potentially on the rise, low-income Arizonans are feeling the pinch
Low-income Arizonans are already dealing with financial stress stemming from the ongoing government shutdown and other federal cuts. Now, they’re also dealing with price hikes on their utility bills.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Cheering utility proposals before review damages trust and risks locking AZ into higher costs + fossil fuel dependence. We need transparent oversight, public input, and clean energy standards that put health, equity, & affordability first. 🔗 Read more via AZ Mirror. bit.ly/4p5weZl
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Check out RMI’s new Electricity Affordability Toolkit that includes over two dozen policies that states can use to advance electricity affordability. Designed primarily to inform legislative action, it includes information relevant to advocates, regulators, administration officials, and more.
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RMI Electricity Affordability Toolkit
This resource lists more than two dozen of those tools to help legislators, staff, and advocates identify and advance effective electricity affordability solutions. It provides a curated set of actionable, state-level policies with real-world examples and options to filter policies to align with state context, interests, and goals.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The AZ Corporation Commission has decided to cut the APS's energy efficiency budget from $79M to $40M; gutting programs that help ratepayers cut high bills and that create grid capacity Arizona needs to grow. A political decision with zero analysis behind it. More here:
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Arizona utility regulators scale back APS energy efficiency incentives
Arizona regulators scaled back a program operated by the state’s largest utility designed to encourage energy efficiency, arguing they were trimming ineffective initiatives and eliminating unnecessary expenses.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
You don’t have to wash your dishes at a restaurant. Why are you paying to clean up pollution from big oil and gas companies? 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Big oil and gas companies send you the first bill. Then you get the medical bills. Make polluters pay for damage to our health and our communities. 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Every day, pollution makes kids sick while oil and gas companies profit. It’s time to make polluters pay for damage to our health and our communities. 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Big oil and gas companies can take the heat. We can’t. Make polluters pay for damage to our health and our communities. 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
In the US, fossil fuel pollution causes $800 billion per year in damages to our health, environment and climate. 🧪🌎⚕️
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
🔥 El calor extremo es la amenaza climática #1 en AZ. Este [#LCW2025 / #HHM2025], mantengamos a nuestras familias seguras y frescas con hasta $14,000 en reembolsos para mejoras de enfriamiento y energía limpia. 💸 ¡Visita www.efficiencyarizona.com para llenar tu solicitud ahora!
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Efficiency Arizona | Save Money. Save Energy.
Great news for AZ residents — this fall you may be eligible to take part in state-wide programs that could improve the energy efficiency of your home.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
📢 Gracias a #EnergíaLimpia, 61 proyectos generaron 46 mil empleos y +$41 mil millones en inversiones en comunidades latinas de AZ, NV, TX, CA y CO. Este Mes de la Herencia Hispana celebramos estos logros, pero legisladores votaron por el ‘OBBB’, priorizando a multimillonarios y recortando empleos.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
💡#SabíasQue? El 85% de los votantes latinos se preocupan por la contaminación. Sin embargo, los congresistas republicanos de AZ votaron por el Proyecto de Ley de Trump que empeora la contaminación y sube los costos. La buena noticia:
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Tips to save energy and save money
From purchasing an electric vehicle to weatherizing your home, there are various programs available to help you save energy and save money.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🔥 El calor extremo es la amenaza climática #1 en AZ. Este [#LCW2025 / #HHM2025], mantengamos a nuestras familias seguras y frescas con hasta $14,000 en reembolsos para mejoras de enfriamiento y energía limpia. 💸 ¡Visita www.efficiencyarizona.com para llenar tu solicitud ahora!
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Efficiency Arizona | Save Money. Save Energy.
Great news for AZ residents — this fall you may be eligible to take part in state-wide programs that could improve the energy efficiency of your home.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🌡️☀️ Las comunidades latinas sienten más el impacto del aumento de temperaturas en AZ. La #EnergíaLimpia es clave para enfriar nuestros hogares y proteger nuestra salud. Pero [@RepName] votó para desmantelar programas que mantienen a nuestras familias seguras y frescas. [#LCW2025 / #HHM2025]
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Brian Drummond, MD @bsdrum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Small stupid bill removed the #electricvehicle tax credit, but remember electric vehicles are still less carbon equivalence than internal combustion engines. This math works if you drive a car for 10,000 miles who gets rid of a car before 10,000 miles? Answer nobody. electrek.co/2025/07/09/e...
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EVs are 73% cleaner than gas cars – even with battery production
Battery EVs now cut emissions 73% vs. gas cars – up from 59% in 2021 – while hybrids barely budge, ICCT found in a new life-cycle study.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Join AZHPCA Sept. 20th, at the 19TH Annual ARIZONA ASTHMA & ALLERGY CLINICAL CONFERENCE! Registration Deadline: Sept. 12th, 2025
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Sign along side the AZHPCA, the National Institute of Health, and 5000 others on an open letter regarding concerns about several issues, including interference with research on the health effects of climate change! 🌎⚕️🧪 To add your name: actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Plastics are polluting our bodies & our healthcare system. Join us to learn how health pros are pushing back: 🌍 June 20 | 1–2pm ET | Free virtual event 🔗 bit.ly/plastics-cli...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Reducing Harmful Plastics in Healthcare — From Awareness to Action. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join the Consortium’s Climate Smart Healthcare Working Group for a webinar exploring the environmental and health impacts of plastic use in healthcare — and the growing movement to reduce its harms. ...
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
A joint sign-on letter Re: "Congressional Review Act Overreach on Clean Air Waivers" was sent to Senators Kelly and Gallego at 9am yesterday morning. We appreciate those that signed on and all of your support. You can read the letter at the link below: www.azhpca.org/newsletter/j...
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Joint Letter to Senators Kelly and Gallego (May 2025) | AZHPCA
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
AZHPCA's "Beat The Heat" is featured once again just in time for the summer! Check it out at www.azhpca.org/beat-the-heat
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Beat the Heat! | AZHPCA
The Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action work and provide assistance on projects across the great state of Arizona to better prepare and equip communities and their environments. Learn more...
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Medicaid cuts are deeply unpopular and harmful to their constituents. All in-district organizing and calls into offices are having an impact! Join physicians across the country in signing a letter urging Congress to protect Medicaid by adding your name here: committeetoprotect.org/medicaid-defense.
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ACT: Defend Medicaid - The Committee to Protect Health Care
Physicians are uniting to defend Medicaid and protect the millions of patients who rely on this vital program.
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Cutting money for energy efficiency isn’t just unwise, it’s plain dangerous for vulnerable Arizonans: azmirror.com/2025/04/22/c...
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Cutting money for energy efficiency isn't just unwise, it's plain dangerous for vulnerable Arizonans
As Arizona’s summers grow longer and hotter, keeping cool isn’t just about comfort — it’s a matter of survival.  Extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the U.S., with vulnerable...
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The national 501(c)(3) Food and Water Watch is asking health professionals across the US to sign an important letter about devastating cuts that Congress is considering. You can find the full letter and the sign-on form below! The deadline for signatures is May 2nd docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Health Professionals Letter to Oppose Funding Cuts
You can read the full text of the letter here (it's about 2 pages). This is a summary of the main points. **** As health care providers and public health professionals, we urge you to reject budget ...
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Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action @azhpca.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Sign on to this letter, with AZHPCA and other health experts, to OPPOSE rollbacks of climate and clean air protections! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Health experts oppose rollbacks of climate and clean air protections
[DATE] Dear Administrator Zeldin, As health experts we write to share our grave concern at EPA’s effort to rescind dozens of pollution protections for millions, a direct contradiction to the Environme...
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