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Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight

89 seconds to midnight: WMass group Back from the Brink reacts to resetting of ‘Doomsday Clock’

January 29, 2025 Comments Off on 89 seconds to midnight: WMass group Back from the Brink reacts to resetting of ‘Doomsday Clock’

Daily Hampshire Gazette article quoting PSR Past President Ira Helfand, MD.

Blame Big Oil

January 29, 2025 Comments Off on Blame Big Oil

Op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle by Bret Andrews, DO, SF Bay PSR Board Member.

Act Now: It Is 89 Seconds to Midnight

89 Seconds to Midnight: Doomsday Clock Time Set for 2025

January 28, 2025 Comments Off on 89 Seconds to Midnight: Doomsday Clock Time Set for 2025

On January 28, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been.

Critics fear weaker cleanup standards at field lab nuke site

January 24, 2025 Comments Off on Critics fear weaker cleanup standards at field lab nuke site

Article in The Acorn quoting PSR-Los Angeles’ Denise Duffield.

What are Donald Trump’s thoughts about the threat of nuclear weapons?

January 24, 2025 Comments Off on What are Donald Trump’s thoughts about the threat of nuclear weapons?

Since the President of the USA holds sole authority over any decision to put nuclear weapons into battle, this seems as good a time as any to examine what we know about President Donald Trump’s thinking on nuclear weapons.

Accelerate Environmental Sustainability in Your Practice in 2025 with MGD

January 23, 2025 Comments Off on Accelerate Environmental Sustainability in Your Practice in 2025 with MGD

My Green Doctor’s latest newsletter explains how easy it is for your practice to go green.

Nominations Open for 2025 Charlotte Brody Award

January 23, 2025 Comments Off on Nominations Open for 2025 Charlotte Brody Award

Health Care Without Harm and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments are now accepting nominations for the 2025 Charlotte Brody Award. 

Kansas City is preparing for nuclear war. We don’t have to sit by and watch it happen

January 21, 2025 Comments Off on Kansas City is preparing for nuclear war. We don’t have to sit by and watch it happen

Op-ed in The Kansas City Star by PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN.

Washington lawmakers look at making packaging producers pay for recycling

January 20, 2025 Comments Off on Washington lawmakers look at making packaging producers pay for recycling

Article in Washington State Standard quoting PSR President Dr. Mark Vossler.

Protect Columbia estuary from fuel refinery

January 7, 2025 Comments Off on Protect Columbia estuary from fuel refinery

Letter to the editor from Joan Rothlein, PhD, Healthy Climate Action Team, Oregon PSR.