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Activists say power plant pollution laws in jeopardy

March 15, 2019 Comments Off on Activists say power plant pollution laws in jeopardy

In this Herald-Tribune article, PSR Florida’s Dr. Lynn Ringenberg explains the dangers of mercury pollution from power plants.

EPs Uniquely Positioned to Push the Nuclear Clock Back from Doomsday

March 13, 2019 Comments Off on EPs Uniquely Positioned to Push the Nuclear Clock Back from Doomsday

Article in Emergency Medicine News by PSR’s Dr. Matt Bivens on how emergency physicians can sound the alarm on nuclear weapons.

40th anniversary of TMI is approaching

March 12, 2019 Comments Off on 40th anniversary of TMI is approaching

Letter to the editor in The Patriot News by PSR Harrisburg’s Dr. Robert Little on the anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident.

Legislature’s clean electricity bills good for our health

March 10, 2019 Comments Off on Legislature’s clean electricity bills good for our health

Letter to the editor on renewable energy legislation in Washington state by Washington PSR’s Dr. Jonathan Witte.

PSR Announces Goals to Advance Gender Equity in Our Nuclear Policy Work

March 8, 2019 Comments Off on PSR Announces Goals to Advance Gender Equity in Our Nuclear Policy Work

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender…

A modest proposal: Don’t start a nuclear war

March 6, 2019 Comments Off on A modest proposal: Don’t start a nuclear war

Op-ed in Common Dreams by PSR’s Olivia Alperstein.

A hidden scandal: America’s school students exposed to water tainted by toxic lead

March 6, 2019 Comments Off on A hidden scandal: America’s school students exposed to water tainted by toxic lead

This article from The Guardian features PSR Florida’s Dr. Howard Kessler discussing the health effects of lead poisoning.

Keep us safe—keep the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty

March 4, 2019 Comments Off on Keep us safe—keep the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Op-ed in The Cap Times by PSR’s Dr. Robert Gould and Martin Fleck.

PSR Hosts Panel on Green New Deal

February 22, 2019 Comments Off on PSR Hosts Panel on Green New Deal

The “Green New Deal” has burst onto the scene. PSR sees it as an exciting conversation-starter on climate policy, but as a resolution, it doesn’t have the power of law;…

GBPSR issues report in response to Health Impact Assessment for proposed compressor station in Weymouth, MA

February 22, 2019 Comments Off on GBPSR issues report in response to Health Impact Assessment for proposed compressor station in Weymouth, MA

Greater Boston PSR issued a stinging rebuttal to a Health Impact Assessment that claimed to find no potential health impacts from constructing a fracked-gas compressor station in a low-income Massachusetts…