Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight

Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight

February 4, 2023 Comments Off on Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight

Letter to the Editor by Dr. Maureen McCue, Board Chair, PSR Iowa in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

Despite New Leadership, Portland Officials Decline to Reconsider Zenith Energy Deal

January 30, 2023 Comments Off on Despite New Leadership, Portland Officials Decline to Reconsider Zenith Energy Deal

Portland Mercury article quoting Oregon PSR’s Melanie Plaut, MD.

Nuclear Weapons Need to be Reduced and Eventually Eliminated

January 29, 2023 Comments Off on Nuclear Weapons Need to be Reduced and Eventually Eliminated

Op-ed in the Asheville Citizen Times by Scott Allan Baker, President of Western North Carolina PSR.

90 Seconds to Midnight

January 28, 2023 Comments Off on 90 Seconds to Midnight

Op-ed by Bob Dodge, MD, PSR Board member, in The Hill.

Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight

The Doomsday Clock Is More Than a Metaphor

January 24, 2023 Comments Off on The Doomsday Clock Is More Than a Metaphor

Op-ed in Inkstick Media co-authored by Jasmine Owens, Associate Director, PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program.

Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight

We must keep Doomsday Clock from striking midnight

January 24, 2023 Comments Off on We must keep Doomsday Clock from striking midnight

Op-ed in the Bangor Daily News by Geoff Gratwick, MD and Douglas Dransfield, MD, PSR Maine members.

Smokestack

Pollution inequality must stop; enforce roadmap law

January 23, 2023 Comments Off on Pollution inequality must stop; enforce roadmap law

Op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine co-authored by Brita Lundberg, MD, Chair of Greater Boston PSR.

What haunts me — and should haunt all of NY — about neonic pesticides

January 19, 2023 Comments Off on What haunts me — and should haunt all of NY — about neonic pesticides

Op-ed in The Journal News by PSR New York President Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL.

Tempers flared over the idea gas stoves could be banned. It’s not happening, but are there risks?

January 17, 2023 Comments Off on Tempers flared over the idea gas stoves could be banned. It’s not happening, but are there risks?

Wisconsin Public Radio quoting PSR Wisconsin’s Ann Behrmann, MD.

Misinformation on gas stoves is swirling around the internet. Here’s what you need to know

January 16, 2023 Comments Off on Misinformation on gas stoves is swirling around the internet. Here’s what you need to know

Op-ed by Dr. Robert Gould of San Francisco Bay Area PSR in the San Francisco Chronicle on the health impacts of gas stoves.

PSR statement on the Reintroduction of the People Over Pentagon Bill

February 22, 2023 Comments Off on PSR statement on the Reintroduction of the People Over Pentagon Bill

PSR is a proud supporter of the People Over Pentagon bill, and firmly believes that a $100 billion reduction in military spending is the minimum we must cut if we are to transform our society from a war economy to a sustainable economy of community care. 

W. Taylor Carneiro-Johnson to Become PSR Interim Executive Director on March 25, 2023

February 21, 2023 Comments Off on W. Taylor Carneiro-Johnson to Become PSR Interim Executive Director on March 25, 2023

We are pleased to announce that W. Taylor Carneiro-Johnson will become Interim Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2023.

PSR Statement on the Ohio Train Derailment Disaster

February 20, 2023 Comments Off on PSR Statement on the Ohio Train Derailment Disaster

Threats to public health created by such environmental disasters are all too common. And in most cases, we find public health and safety is compromised for the sake of corporate profit.

EPA’s Final Rule to Reaffirm Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Will Protect Millions from Toxic Power Plant Emissions

February 17, 2023 Comments Off on EPA’s Final Rule to Reaffirm Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Will Protect Millions from Toxic Power Plant Emissions

“Millions are breathing cleaner air because of these protections under the Clean Air Act,” said Jeff Carter, Executive Director of PSR.

PSR’s Statement on the Human Health Effects of Gas Stove Use

February 17, 2023 Comments Off on PSR’s Statement on the Human Health Effects of Gas Stove Use

PSR warned that gas stoves emit toxic air pollutants that can cause lung damage and exacerbate asthma, as well as other harms to health.

U.S. Missile Launch at Vandenberg Worsens Global Nuclear Tensions

February 15, 2023 Comments Off on U.S. Missile Launch at Vandenberg Worsens Global Nuclear Tensions

The United States should employ common sense, and discontinue all unnecessary military exercises that escalate the possibility of a nuclear conflict. 

PSR Statement on the Murder of Tyre Nichols

February 9, 2023 Comments Off on PSR Statement on the Murder of Tyre Nichols

PSR stands with health professionals who have long argued that police violence and systemic racism are a public health issue.

Fracking with “Forever Chemicals”: Analysis Finds Oil and Gas Companies May Be Exposing Texans and Groundwater to Highly Toxic Chemicals

February 6, 2023 Comments Off on Fracking with “Forever Chemicals”: Analysis Finds Oil and Gas Companies May Be Exposing Texans and Groundwater to Highly Toxic Chemicals

Oil and gas companies used PFAS in Texas wells, but the extent of its use is obscured by six billion pounds of “trade secret” chemicals.

PSR Responds to the Introduction of the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act 

February 3, 2023 Comments Off on PSR Responds to the Introduction of the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act 

In response to Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Ted Cruz’s introduction of the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, Barbara Gottlieb, Director for Environment & Health for PSR, issued the following statement.

PSR Statement on the Murder of Indigenous Forest Defender, Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán

January 27, 2023 Comments Off on PSR Statement on the Murder of Indigenous Forest Defender, Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán

PSR mourns the death of Tortuguita, and condemns state violence enacted against environmentalists in the United States and abroad.