Act Now: It Is 89 Seconds to Midnight

As the Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight, Will Trump Make the Ultimate Deal?

February 11, 2025 Comments Off on As the Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight, Will Trump Make the Ultimate Deal?

Op-ed in Common Dreams co-authored by Dr. Robert Dodge, PSR-Los Angeles co-president

Health care: Implement policy changes

January 31, 2025 Comments Off on Health care: Implement policy changes

Letter to the editor in The Seattle Times by Nicole Casanova, Washington PSR.

Marilyn Strickland Must Do More to Prevent Nuclear War

January 30, 2025 Comments Off on Marilyn Strickland Must Do More to Prevent Nuclear War

Op-ed by Sean Arent, Washington PSR, in The Suburban Times.

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.

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.

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.

Physicians group warns against propping up biodiesel as part of Massachusetts’ clean heat transition

January 6, 2025 Comments Off on Physicians group warns against propping up biodiesel as part of Massachusetts’ clean heat transition

Coverage in Energy News Network of Greater Boston PSR’s new report on biodiesel.

PSR Statement on the Dobbs Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

June 27, 2022 Comments Off on PSR Statement on the Dobbs Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

PSR stands with the countless public health leaders and organizations who are warning of the serious and inequitable health harms to come as a result of this decision.

Hydrogen use in homes would fuel climate change, increase health and safety risks from gas system

June 22, 2022 Comments Off on Hydrogen use in homes would fuel climate change, increase health and safety risks from gas system

New report from Physicians for Social Responsibility finds health, safety and climate risks from piping hydrogen into homes for heating and cooking.

Aerial photo of fracking site

Fracking is Injustice: The High Human and Climate Toll of Fracking and LNG Expansion

April 28, 2022 Comments Off on Fracking is Injustice: The High Human and Climate Toll of Fracking and LNG Expansion

A major new report finds that recent national and global efforts to increase oil and gas production and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports have dire impacts on public health and the climate.

Global medical and public health organizations call for immediate end to war in Ukraine and critical need to prevent nuclear escalation

March 10, 2022 Comments Off on Global medical and public health organizations call for immediate end to war in Ukraine and critical need to prevent nuclear escalation

The alarmingly acute and growing danger of nuclear escalation must be reversed and nuclear war prevented by the urgent elimination of nuclear weapons.

Physicians for Social Responsibility Condemns the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

February 24, 2022 Comments Off on Physicians for Social Responsibility Condemns the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Physicians for Social Responsibility condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and urges immediate de-escalation of this conflict with the goal of ending harm to civilians.

Physicians Group Uncovers Evidence that ‘Forever Chemicals’ (PFAS) Have Been Used in Colorado’s Oil and Gas Wells; Full Extent of Use Obscured by Thousands of Trade Secret Claims

January 31, 2022 Comments Off on Physicians Group Uncovers Evidence that ‘Forever Chemicals’ (PFAS) Have Been Used in Colorado’s Oil and Gas Wells; Full Extent of Use Obscured by Thousands of Trade Secret Claims

New report from Physicians for Social Responsibility shows previously unpublicized use of PFAS in fracking in Colorado between 2011 – 2021, but gaps in disclosure rules limit public’s ability to know full extent of use.

Biden Makes Climate Pledge at Glasgow While Pushing Oil, Gas Leasing in U.S.

November 3, 2021 Comments Off on Biden Makes Climate Pledge at Glasgow While Pushing Oil, Gas Leasing in U.S.

U.S. climate groups slammed the Biden administration for refusing to stop oil and gas leasing on public lands despite President Biden’s Glasgow pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Physicians for Social Responsibility statement on EPA Rule

November 2, 2021 Comments Off on Physicians for Social Responsibility statement on EPA Rule

Physicians for Social Responsibility issued the following statement applauding the Biden Administration’s proposed new rule for reducing methane pollution from oil and gas operations and calling for further measures.

Physicians for Social Responsibility calls on Congress to vote “Yes” on fighting climate change

October 5, 2021 Comments Off on Physicians for Social Responsibility calls on Congress to vote “Yes” on fighting climate change

While there are many facets to the reconciliation bill, the most critical is that it is one of our best chances to address climate change in a significant way.

Physicians Group Uncovers Evidence that ‘Forever Chemicals’ (PFAS) Have Been Used Extensively in Fracking Unbeknownst to Public

July 12, 2021 Comments Off on Physicians Group Uncovers Evidence that ‘Forever Chemicals’ (PFAS) Have Been Used Extensively in Fracking Unbeknownst to Public

New report from Physicians for Social Responsibility indicates PFAS use in fracking in more than 1,200 wells in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming between 2012 and 2020.