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Greater Boston PSR Celebrates Closure of Nuclear Power Plant

June 6, 2019 Comments Off on Greater Boston PSR Celebrates Closure of Nuclear Power Plant

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station closed permanently on May 31! Pilgrim, located in Plymouth on Cape Cod Bay, was the only nuclear power plant operating in Massachusetts.

Cardiac Events and Nuclear War: Prevention by Cardiovascular Specialists

June 4, 2019 Comments Off on Cardiac Events and Nuclear War: Prevention by Cardiovascular Specialists

Article in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, co-authored by PSR members James E. Muller, MD, and John O. Pastore, MD.

Ban the Bomb – Before Our Luck Runs Out

June 1, 2019 Comments Off on Ban the Bomb – Before Our Luck Runs Out

Cover story op-ed in the Progressive by Dr. Ira Helfand, PSR board member.

What a Nuclear War Would Mean

June 1, 2019 Comments Off on What a Nuclear War Would Mean

Op-ed in the Progressive by Martin Fleck, PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Director.

We Must Prevent War with Iran

May 31, 2019 Comments Off on We Must Prevent War with Iran

Op-ed in the Progressive by Maureen McCue, MD, PSR Iowa Coordinator.

Luke, MD paper mill

In Wake of Plant Closing, Coalitions Urge Benefits Protections, Workforce Training

May 31, 2019 Comments Off on In Wake of Plant Closing, Coalitions Urge Benefits Protections, Workforce Training

Letter to the editor by Chesapeake PSR and other Chesapeake organizations in Maryland Matters.

Denuclearizing is a fitting honor

May 24, 2019 Comments Off on Denuclearizing is a fitting honor

This Daily Hampshire Gazette guest column by Rev. Peter Kakos cites PSR’s nuclear disarmament work.

Climate Justice: For the People, the Land, the Planet

May 24, 2019 Comments Off on Climate Justice: For the People, the Land, the Planet

At an American Humanist Association event in Minnesota, Chesapeake PSR’s Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni discussed climate change’s greater impacts on low-income communities.

Flaring Fracking Well

Shale gas health concerns are disturbing

May 24, 2019 Comments Off on Shale gas health concerns are disturbing

Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, interim executive director of Philadelphia PSR.

Physicians for Social Responsibility Calls On Congress to Prevent War with Iran

May 23, 2019 Comments Off on Physicians for Social Responsibility Calls On Congress to Prevent War with Iran

Calling all PSR members: the moment has arrived to contact your U.S. representative and senators to urge them to exercise their solemn duty to protect our nation’s interests and prevent…