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EPs Uniquely Positioned to Push the Nuclear Clock Back from Doomsday

March 13, 2019

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

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40th anniversary of TMI is approaching

March 12, 2019

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

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Legislature’s clean electricity bills good for our health

March 10, 2019

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

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A modest proposal: Don’t start a nuclear war

March 6, 2019

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

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

March 6, 2019

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

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

March 4, 2019

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

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Trump’s Nuclear Reversal

February 18, 2019

In a letter to the editor in The New York Times, PSR’s Dr. Robert Dodge calls the Trump Administration’s reversal of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty the beginning of a new Cold War.

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Gabbard urges White House to uphold INF Treaty

February 15, 2019

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) spoke out against President Trump’s proposal to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, instead sponsoring a resolution to prohibit the use of any U.S. taxpayer dollars for weapons that violate the deal. At a news conference announcing her proposal, PSR’s Martin Fleck said, “A meaningful medical response is impossible. Therefore, we must prevent a nuclear war at all costs.”

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The World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon Just Rolled Off the Assembly Line

February 12, 2019

This article in The Nation on the new W76-2 warhead and the dangers it presents cites PSR and the Back from the Brink campaign.

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State needs stronger restrictions on what counts as a renewable energy source

February 12, 2019

Baltimore Sun op-ed by Chesapeake PSR’s Tim Whitehouse on how Maryland’s renewable energy standard allows dirty sources like trash incinerators to claim renewable status, and benefits out of state producers instead of incentivizing local renewables.

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