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Some good news, for a change: nearly 50 ratifications for the Nuclear Ban Treaty

September 24, 2020 Comments Off on Some good news, for a change: nearly 50 ratifications for the Nuclear Ban Treaty

Once the treaty enters into force, the legal status of nuclear weapons will change. It will be a moment that PSR and our partner organizations have been looking forward to.

What world will he get?

September 24, 2020 Comments Off on What world will he get?

Letter to the editor in the Spokesman-Review by Claire Richards, PhD, RN, PSR Climate Ambassador.

Consider climate change when you vote

September 24, 2020 Comments Off on Consider climate change when you vote

Letter to the editor in The Morning Call by Mary Ellen O’Connell, MSN, PSR Climate Ambassador.

September 26 is United Nations’ International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

September 23, 2020 Comments Off on September 26 is United Nations’ International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

The event provides an opportunity to reaffirm the urgency of global nuclear disarmament and to mobilize new-found international efforts towards achieving a nuclear free world. You can participate!

Colorado health professionals: The oil and gas industry needs to take a step back

September 23, 2020 Comments Off on Colorado health professionals: The oil and gas industry needs to take a step back

Op-ed in Colorado Newsline co-authored by Cory D. Carroll, MD, PSR Colorado.

Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban

September 23, 2020 Comments Off on Newsom orders 2035 phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, calls for fracking ban

Los Angeles Times article quoting Martha Arguëllo, PSR-Los Angeles.

PSR helps win key delay against Proposed LNG export facility

September 21, 2020 Comments Off on PSR helps win key delay against Proposed LNG export facility

PSR’s health voice helped win a key delay in the proposal to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the Delaware River, just south of Philadelphia.

Symptoms of warmer planet create health effects

September 18, 2020 Comments Off on Symptoms of warmer planet create health effects

Op-ed in Florida Times-Union by Bashyam Iyengar, MD, PSR Climate Ambassador.

Oregon prison system faces COVID challenges during wildfire evacuations

September 18, 2020 Comments Off on Oregon prison system faces COVID challenges during wildfire evacuations

KGW8 article quoting Ann Turner, MD, Oregon PSR.

Welcome, Dusty Horwitt!

September 17, 2020 Comments Off on Welcome, Dusty Horwitt!

PSR is delighted to announce that Dusty Horwitt has joined our team as a consultant to research and write two reports on dangerous chemicals used in oil and gas drilling…