Nevada Clinicians for Climate Action
@nvccaction.bsky.social
We are doctors, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, public health professionals, therapists, students, residents and other health professionals working for a healthier Nevada by reducing climate change impacts.
https://www.nvcliniciansforclimate.org/
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Drs. Joanne Leovy and Deb Hendrickson enjoyed the @ecomadres_ Summit last week discussing Clean Air with Mary Wagner, Nevada Assemblymember and others!
❤️NVCCA is the only organization in Nevada with a singular focus on reducing the human health harms of climate change. Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
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November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
❤️NVCCA is the only organization in Nevada with a singular focus on reducing the human health harms of climate change. Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
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💡 In a new piece on the Project Drawdown Insights hub, Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. breaks down five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate!
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
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November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
💡 In a new piece on the Project Drawdown Insights hub, Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. breaks down five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate!
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
Winter is just around the corner. The season has warmed in 239 major U.S. cities. Winter warming affects snowfall, water supplies, winter sports, and more. ☃️ bit.ly/2025-winter-... #climatematters via @climatecentral
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Winter is just around the corner. The season has warmed in 239 major U.S. cities. Winter warming affects snowfall, water supplies, winter sports, and more. ☃️ bit.ly/2025-winter-... #climatematters via @climatecentral
Northern Nevada Public Health and Renown Health are working together to learn more about health in Washoe County from 2026 to 2028.
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2026-2028 Washoe County Community Health Assessment ACTIVE
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November 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Northern Nevada Public Health and Renown Health are working together to learn more about health in Washoe County from 2026 to 2028.
Your answers are private. The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish.
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Your answers are private. The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish.
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❤️NVCCA is the only organization in Nevada with a singular focus on reducing the human health harms of climate change. We are 90% volunteer powered and 100% self-supporting!
Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
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Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
give.communityin.org/42U3U2?ref=a...
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
❤️NVCCA is the only organization in Nevada with a singular focus on reducing the human health harms of climate change. We are 90% volunteer powered and 100% self-supporting!
Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
give.communityin.org/42U3U2?ref=a...
Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
give.communityin.org/42U3U2?ref=a...
The Diploma in Climate Medicine is a national, CME-accredited program created to train clinical leaders who want to move beyond an introduction to climate and health and dive deeply into the complex landscape of communication, systems, and policy.
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Climate & Health Program Diploma in Climate Medicine
The University of Colorado School of Medicine, building on the success of its Physician Fellowships in Climate & Health, is pleased to announce a new professional development program for health care p...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Diploma in Climate Medicine is a national, CME-accredited program created to train clinical leaders who want to move beyond an introduction to climate and health and dive deeply into the complex landscape of communication, systems, and policy.
medschool.cuanschutz.edu/climateandhe...
medschool.cuanschutz.edu/climateandhe...
Heat-related fatalities there jumped from several dozen in 2014 to 645 in 2023.
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Inside the scramble to save lives as heat menaces two Southwestern counties
Maricopa County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada, offer a cautionary tale about what it takes to keep people alive in extreme temperatures.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Heat-related fatalities there jumped from several dozen in 2014 to 645 in 2023.
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🥳Congrats to Dr. Deb Hendrickson, NVCCA Advisory Council Member. UNR President and former Nevada Governor, Brian Sandoval, presented her the Distinguished Alumna 2025 award from the University of Nevada School of Medicine on October 23, for her work on the threat of climate change to children.
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🥳Congrats to Dr. Deb Hendrickson, NVCCA Advisory Council Member. UNR President and former Nevada Governor, Brian Sandoval, presented her the Distinguished Alumna 2025 award from the University of Nevada School of Medicine on October 23, for her work on the threat of climate change to children.
Take a listen and learn more from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health tackling major health crisis related to climate change.
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Healthy Climate America Podcast - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)
Welcome to Healthy Climate America, a podcast from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Take a listen and learn more from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health tackling major health crisis related to climate change.
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What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay there—but not when a mosquito capable of spreading a dangerous brew of diseases shows up and decides to put down roots there.
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No Rain, No Problem: Yellow Fever Mosquito Expands Footprint in Las Vegas
A new study finds the mosquito Aedes aegypti to be present in more than half of census tracts in metro Las Vegas, despite the area's arid conditions.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay there—but not when a mosquito capable of spreading a dangerous brew of diseases shows up and decides to put down roots there.
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La Niña means a wetter and cooler winter for the northern half of the country and a drier winter for the southern states, including the desert southwest. Las Vegas is already behind on rain.
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La Niña forecasted to impact Las Vegas valley weather
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The likelihood of La Niña developing this fall is increasing and that could bring challenges for the Las Vegas valley. The Climate Prediction Center said there is now a 71%…
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October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
La Niña means a wetter and cooler winter for the northern half of the country and a drier winter for the southern states, including the desert southwest. Las Vegas is already behind on rain.
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Scientists have long warned of climate change-driven extreme heat and its dangers to health. Studies have shown extreme heat can cause fatigue, poorer coordination and reduced attention.
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High temperatures mean more workplace injuries, study finds
With hotter temperatures come more heat-related workplace injuries — about 28,000 injuries each year, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Health.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Scientists have long warned of climate change-driven extreme heat and its dangers to health. Studies have shown extreme heat can cause fatigue, poorer coordination and reduced attention.
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🌡️Want to learn more about workers and Heat? Try OSHA’s new tracker!
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Want to be a part of more insider news about the environment and climate and health efforts throughout Nevada? Learn more about NVCCA and consider donating!
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Want to be a part of more insider news about the environment and climate and health efforts throughout Nevada? Learn more about NVCCA and consider donating!
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October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🌡️Want to learn more about workers and Heat? Try OSHA’s new tracker!
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Want to be a part of more insider news about the environment and climate and health efforts throughout Nevada? Learn more about NVCCA and consider donating!
www.nvcliniciansforclimate.org
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Want to be a part of more insider news about the environment and climate and health efforts throughout Nevada? Learn more about NVCCA and consider donating!
www.nvcliniciansforclimate.org
🌬️The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds.
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Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds | CNN
The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🌬️The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/h...
🫁New Scorecard Reveals Which States Prepared for Climate Health Threats
“People are better off when they can breathe clean air and when the hospitals they depend on are prepared for extreme weather”...
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“People are better off when they can breathe clean air and when the hospitals they depend on are prepared for extreme weather”...
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New Scorecard Reveals Which States Prepared for Climate Health Threats
States in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest were found best prepared for climate health threats due to their environment and policies.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🫁New Scorecard Reveals Which States Prepared for Climate Health Threats
“People are better off when they can breathe clean air and when the hospitals they depend on are prepared for extreme weather”...
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“People are better off when they can breathe clean air and when the hospitals they depend on are prepared for extreme weather”...
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From 2018 to 2020, a motley mix of policymakers, unions, climate organizations, and racial, economic, and environmental justice groups forged the strategy that would come to define the IRA: uniting climate, jobs, and justice goals.
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Blueprint for a Popular Climate Agenda
The path forward is climate policy written not about impacted workers and communities, but by them.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
From 2018 to 2020, a motley mix of policymakers, unions, climate organizations, and racial, economic, and environmental justice groups forged the strategy that would come to define the IRA: uniting climate, jobs, and justice goals.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
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🎧 Tune in to a new episode of Healthy Climate America! Rev. Casey Martinez-Tinnin discusses his climate journey and his work with churches, tribal nations, and communities to enhance environmental stewardship and achieve clean energy independence.
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎧 Tune in to a new episode of Healthy Climate America! Rev. Casey Martinez-Tinnin discusses his climate journey and his work with churches, tribal nations, and communities to enhance environmental stewardship and achieve clean energy independence.
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
Listen here: bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
🔌As electricity costs grow steeper and Nevada summers grow deadlier, advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can’t afford consistent air conditioning in dangerous temperatures.
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Nevada protects consumers from utility shutoffs in extreme heat. Advocates want more. - Carson Now
By Kate Reynolds — As electricity costs grow steeper and Nevada summers grow deadlier, advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can’t afford consistent air conditioning [...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🔌As electricity costs grow steeper and Nevada summers grow deadlier, advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can’t afford consistent air conditioning in dangerous temperatures.
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www.carsonnow.org/09/16/2025/n...
🗣️Join the Climate Psychiatry Alliance (CPA) on 9/29 (8 pm ET / 5 pm PT) with Alan Weisman, environmental journalist and best-selling author of The World Without Us, to discuss Hope Dies Last.
🔗https://zoom.us/meeting/register/X4JnXkqqT6iITi1tEbkhFQ#/registration
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Alan Weisman Author Book Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Alan Weisman Author Book Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🗣️Join the Climate Psychiatry Alliance (CPA) on 9/29 (8 pm ET / 5 pm PT) with Alan Weisman, environmental journalist and best-selling author of The World Without Us, to discuss Hope Dies Last.
🔗https://zoom.us/meeting/register/X4JnXkqqT6iITi1tEbkhFQ#/registration
🔗https://zoom.us/meeting/register/X4JnXkqqT6iITi1tEbkhFQ#/registration
💧Heavy rain fall in Las Vegas! Heavy rain fall can post climate health risks. Health Source: www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/newsroom/...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
💧Heavy rain fall in Las Vegas! Heavy rain fall can post climate health risks. Health Source: www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/newsroom/...
LV Weather Source: x.com/nwsvegas/sta...
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🛑A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🛑A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says the evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute.
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/09...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/09...
Drs. Joanne Leovy and Deb Hendrickson enjoyed the @ecomadres_ Summit last week discussing Clean Air with Mary Wagner, Nevada Assemblymember and others!
September 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Drs. Joanne Leovy and Deb Hendrickson enjoyed the @ecomadres_ Summit last week discussing Clean Air with Mary Wagner, Nevada Assemblymember and others!
🌎Join Dr. Debra Hendrickson for this engaging discussion during Climate Week!
To register: bit.ly/theairtheybr...
To register: bit.ly/theairtheybr...
September 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🌎Join Dr. Debra Hendrickson for this engaging discussion during Climate Week!
To register: bit.ly/theairtheybr...
To register: bit.ly/theairtheybr...
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🏭 Air pollution poses a myriad of consequences to ecosystems, climate change, and public health. Join this webinar on 9/18 to hear from leading researchers and advocates on the causes and solutions to these invisible threats.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🏭 Air pollution poses a myriad of consequences to ecosystems, climate change, and public health. Join this webinar on 9/18 to hear from leading researchers and advocates on the causes and solutions to these invisible threats.
gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...