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27 Health Organizations, Led by Physicians for Social Responsibility and American Lung Association, Submit Comments to EPA Opposing Rollback of New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Natural Gas Industry

November 25, 2019 Comments Off on 27 Health Organizations, Led by Physicians for Social Responsibility and American Lung Association, Submit Comments to EPA Opposing Rollback of New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Natural Gas Industry

On November 25, Physicians for Social Responsibility, American Lung Association and 25 other health organizations submitted official joint comments in opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed amendments to the 2012 and 2016 New Source Performance Standards for the oil and natural gas industry.

Activists Deliver Thousands of Petitions Calling for Stronger Safeguards for Los Angeles County Urban Oil Field

November 21, 2019 Comments Off on Activists Deliver Thousands of Petitions Calling for Stronger Safeguards for Los Angeles County Urban Oil Field

Press release from Sierra Club quoting PSR-Los Angeles Executive Director Martha Dina Arguello.

A First-Hand Perspective on the United Nations Climate Action Summit

November 19, 2019 Comments Off on A First-Hand Perspective on the United Nations Climate Action Summit

PSR Florida’s Dr. Ankush Bansal reports on the important health topics covered at the United Nations Climate Action Summit held in New York this September.

Honoring Legacies, Demanding a Better Future: PSR 2019 Visionary Leaders Awards Ceremony and Symposium Celebrate Bold Changemakers

November 19, 2019 Comments Off on Honoring Legacies, Demanding a Better Future: PSR 2019 Visionary Leaders Awards Ceremony and Symposium Celebrate Bold Changemakers

PSR’s Visionary Leaders Awards ceremony and reception, now in its fourth year, recognizes individuals and organizations for their exemplary efforts in advancing nuclear weapons abolition and/or addressing environmental risks to…

This Report Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Every Child. Its Authors Hope Congress Will Listen.

November 18, 2019 Comments Off on This Report Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Every Child. Its Authors Hope Congress Will Listen.

Article from Mother Jones quoting Barbara Gottlieb, PSR Environment and Health Program Director.

Calling All Student and Campus Peace Activists: ICAN Publishes “Schools of Mass Destruction” Report

November 15, 2019 Comments Off on Calling All Student and Campus Peace Activists: ICAN Publishes “Schools of Mass Destruction” Report

On November 13, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)  launched a new report, “Schools of Mass Destruction: American Universities in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex.” This report documents…

Portland, OR City Council Passes Resolution in Support of Bringing US Back from the Brink of Nuclear War

November 15, 2019 Comments Off on Portland, OR City Council Passes Resolution in Support of Bringing US Back from the Brink of Nuclear War

Thanks to the hard work of Oregon PSR, on November 13, the Portland City Council in Oregon unanimously passed Resolution 1050 to declare Portland’s “opposition to nuclear weapons and urge…

EPA’s use of science to come under committee’s microscope

November 13, 2019 Comments Off on EPA’s use of science to come under committee’s microscope

Article from Roll Call quoting Barbara Gottlieb, PSR’s Environment & Health Director.

“Censorship Science, Pure and Simple”: Physicians for Social Responsibility Opposes EPA Rule to Undermine Use of Scientific Studies in Forming Policies

November 12, 2019 Comments Off on “Censorship Science, Pure and Simple”: Physicians for Social Responsibility Opposes EPA Rule to Undermine Use of Scientific Studies in Forming Policies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Olivia Alperstein, Media Relations Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility (202) 587-5232, oalperstein@psr.org Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is crafting a rule that would…

Woolsey Fire Crippled Boeing Water Safety System at Toxics Site

November 11, 2019 Comments Off on Woolsey Fire Crippled Boeing Water Safety System at Toxics Site

NBC Los Angeles article quoting Denise Duffield, PSR Los Angeles.