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Greater Boston PSR and Washington PSR Host Events to Highlight Nuclear Weapons Issues and Hold Elected Officials Accountable

October 24, 2019 Comments Off on Greater Boston PSR and Washington PSR Host Events to Highlight Nuclear Weapons Issues and Hold Elected Officials Accountable

On September 29, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition convened a People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons, which brought together anti-war, environmental and Indigenous…

Setsuko Thurlow Reminds Harvard Audience Why Nuclear Weapons Must Be Banned

October 24, 2019 Comments Off on Setsuko Thurlow Reminds Harvard Audience Why Nuclear Weapons Must Be Banned

For many PSR members who advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, there’s a compelling reason to work to prevent a nuclear attack: our nation, the United States, has already…

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“Electrify Everything”: PSR Engages Its Health Voices in New Approach to Fighting Climate Change

October 24, 2019 Comments Off on “Electrify Everything”: PSR Engages Its Health Voices in New Approach to Fighting Climate Change

PSR’s national office and four chapters are gearing up to inject the health voice into a new approach to slashing greenhouse gas emissions. It’s called “energy optimization,” and it combines energy efficiency with fuel-swapping: replacing technologies that burn fossil fuels with those that use electricity.

Follow The Golden Rule: Historic Boat Returns to Sea to Draw Attention Once Again to Nuclear Weapons Threat

October 24, 2019 Comments Off on Follow The Golden Rule: Historic Boat Returns to Sea to Draw Attention Once Again to Nuclear Weapons Threat

61 years ago, in 1958, the crew of the small sailboat, Golden Rule, sailed from California to Hawai’i on their way to the Marshall Islands in an attempt to stop U.S. atmospheric nuclear testing.

AZ Physicians Criticize McSally’s Vote for GOP Clean Energy Rule

October 23, 2019 Comments Off on AZ Physicians Criticize McSally’s Vote for GOP Clean Energy Rule

Public News Service article quoting Barbara Warren, MD, PSR Arizona, and Antonia Herzog, Climate & Energy Program Manager at PSR.

CO Doctors Voice Concerns About Gardner’s Climate Health Record

October 23, 2019 Comments Off on CO Doctors Voice Concerns About Gardner’s Climate Health Record

Public News Service article quoting Cory Carroll, MD, PSR Colorado, and Antonia Herzog, Climate & Energy Program Manager at PSR.

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Will Rollback of Pollution Regulations Accelerate Iowa Climate Change?

October 21, 2019 Comments Off on Will Rollback of Pollution Regulations Accelerate Iowa Climate Change?

Public News Service article quoting Antonia Herzog, Climate & Energy Program Manager at PSR, and Maureen McCue, PhD, PSR Iowa.

Local Democrats warn against easing clean car emission standards

October 18, 2019 Comments Off on Local Democrats warn against easing clean car emission standards

Article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette quoting Dr. Maureen McCue of PSR Iowa.

Climate change threatens firefighters and farmworkers. And that’s only the beginning.

October 17, 2019 Comments Off on Climate change threatens firefighters and farmworkers. And that’s only the beginning.

Article in AAMC News quoting Todd Sack, MD, PSR board member.

Interview with Regna Merritt, Oregon PSR, 2019 Visionary Leaders Award Recipient

October 17, 2019 Comments Off on Interview with Regna Merritt, Oregon PSR, 2019 Visionary Leaders Award Recipient

Regna Merritt is an Oregon PSR advisory board member and former Healthy Climate Program Director. We asked her how she came to do this work, what inspires her, and her advice for young people just starting to get involved in advocacy.