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California Environmental Groups Warn of Dangers of Prematurely Lifting CO2 Pipeline Moratorium

April 16, 2025 Comments Off on California Environmental Groups Warn of Dangers of Prematurely Lifting CO2 Pipeline Moratorium

Food & Water Watch press release quoting Martha Dina Argüello of PSR-Los Angeles.

Urge Your U.S. Representative: Stop Spending on Nuclear Weapons

April 15, 2025 Comments Off on Urge Your U.S. Representative: Stop Spending on Nuclear Weapons

April is Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Month of Action, and today, on Tax Day, we are calling on our members to speak out against the dangerous and unjust misuse of our tax dollars.

McGovern and Tokuda Reintroduce Resolution Calling for Renewed U.S. Leadership on Nuclear Disarmament

April 10, 2025 Comments Off on McGovern and Tokuda Reintroduce Resolution Calling for Renewed U.S. Leadership on Nuclear Disarmament

Rep. Jim McGovern Press Release quoting PSR Executive Director Brian Campbell, PhD.

Expanding a Washington tax credit could be a prescription to help lower-income patients

April 10, 2025 Comments Off on Expanding a Washington tax credit could be a prescription to help lower-income patients

Op-ed in Washington State Standard by Esther K. Chung, MD, Washington PSR member.

Major Transit and Budget Transparency Bills Stall on Last Day of Session

April 10, 2025 Comments Off on Major Transit and Budget Transparency Bills Stall on Last Day of Session

Sierra Club Maryland Chapter press release quoting Chesapeake PSR’s Terry Fitzgerald, MD.

PSR activist holding sign reading "Hands Off Renewable Energy"

Engage Congress in your district!

April 10, 2025 Comments Off on Engage Congress in your district!

Beginning next week, Members of Congress are on a two week recess and will be in their home district. This is the perfect time to share your legislative priorities with them.

Group of IPPNW doctors holding the Nobel Prize in 1985

Tell Congress: Support Nuclear Arms Control and Prevent a New Arms Race

April 8, 2025 Comments Off on Tell Congress: Support Nuclear Arms Control and Prevent a New Arms Race

The clock is ticking on nuclear arms control. In less than a year, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) will expire, removing the last remaining cap on U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals.

Protester with sign reading "Climate Justice Now!"

Multnomah County’s first Climate Justice Plan released for public comment; Board of Commissioners briefed

April 3, 2025 Comments Off on Multnomah County’s first Climate Justice Plan released for public comment; Board of Commissioners briefed

Press release from Multnomah County quoting Samantha Hernandez, Oregon PSR’s Healthy Climate Program director.

Meet the investigators hunting oil well pollution in LA neighborhoods

March 31, 2025 Comments Off on Meet the investigators hunting oil well pollution in LA neighborhoods

Article in LAist on the methane leak work of Emma Silber, PSR-Los Angeles.

Group of IPPNW doctors holding the Nobel Prize in 1985

Exploring physician anti-nuclear war activism

March 27, 2025 Comments Off on Exploring physician anti-nuclear war activism

An exhibit at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health highlights the role of health care professionals including PSR activists in the anti-nuke movement.