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CLEAN POWER PLAN Implementation at the State Level Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments Why Healthcare Providers? We are already seeing our clients impacted by climate change Why Healthcare Providers? Highest honesty & integrity Lowest honesty & integrity • Nurses • Bankers • Medical doctors • Lawyers • Pharmacists • Business executives • Police officers • Advertising • Clergy • Car salespeople • Congress We can change the conversation • Health benefits and decreased healthcare costs • Climate change disproportionately impacts low- income, communities of color, fenceline communities, children, elderly, … • Clean Power Plan will protect public health! State Engagement – ANHE’s Approach State Engagement 7 Health Groups Take the Lead • American Medical Association, 2008 “ 1) endorse the findings of the 4th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 2) support research to explore the human health 9 effects of climate change; 3) support state, federal and international policy coordination to 10 develop adaptive strategies to respond to the predicted human health effects of climate change; 11 and 4) encourage Congress and the President to adopt national and international policies to 12 reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses.” • American Nurses Association, 2008 “American Nurses Association recognizes and publicly acknowledges that the challenges we face as a result of global climate change are unprecedented in human history and it is critical that nurses speak out in a united voice and advocate for change on both individual and policy levels.” • American Public Health Association, 2007 “The public health community should advocate for mitigation and avoidance of climate change, track the impacts of climate change on human health, and assist with adaptation, to the degree possible, to those health effects caused by changes in climate that can not be prevented.” Together we win • Connect with other organizations: • ANHE • PSR • ALA • Environmental groups • Advocate for the public health voice in state policy discussions • Meet with state and federal policymakers – legislators, DOH, State EPE/Dept of Env. Thank you! Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM [email protected] 240-753-3729