We need climate action as another hot summer arrives June 17, 2022

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Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH | Arizona Daily Star

As I write, $555 billion worth of proposed climate, justice, jobs, and clean energy investments are languishing in the U.S. Senate. If passed, they would not only create good-paying jobs and accelerate the transition to clean, safe, renewable energy, but protect Arizonans and all Americans from the worsening health effects of climate change and fossil fuel production and use.

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