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Forced Coal Plant Openings Throw Communities Into Chaos

February 10, 2026

Sierra magazine article quoting Washington PSR’s Breck Lebegue, MD, MPH.

Tell EPA to protect our health from dirty coal ash

January 23, 2026

EPA is proposing to delay the closure deadlines for coal ash ponds that are known to leak toxic pollutants — such as arsenic, lead, mercury — into our surrounding groundwater. Submit a comment and tell EPA no more delays!

New Report Underscores How Fossil Fuels Impact Every System of the Body

November 5, 2025

Authored by leading health experts, this new report from PSR shows widespread health impact of extracting, transporting and burning fossil fuels.

Tell EPA: Protect health, regulate hazardous air pollution!

July 15, 2025

INACTIVE – The Trump administration is trying to rollback important, health-protective emissions standards for mercury and other hazardous, life threatening air pollutants. Submit your comment in opposition!

We must act to curb black lung disease

November 28, 2023

Letter to the editor from PSR Pennsylvania’s Dr. Robert Little in the Patriot-News.

As EPA Proposes Tougher Rules on Emissions, Report Names Pennsylvania as One of America’s Top Polluters

May 16, 2023

Inside Climate News article quoting PSR Pennsylvania’s Dr. Walter Tsou.

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

February 17, 2023

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

EPA reaffirms vital regulation of mercury from power plants

February 17, 2023

The US EPA reaffirmed that it is “appropriate and necessary” to regulate mercury and hazardous air pollutants from power plants, reinstating an earlier EPA position reversed by the Trump administration.

The False Promise of CCS, Dissected.

April 18, 2022

PSR co-presented a powerhouse webinar on carbon capture and sequestration – the unproven and faulty techno-fix that hasn’t yet shown it can capture and safely store carbon pollution forever.

PSR Testimony on Toxic Mercury Pollution

September 14, 2021

On September 8th, 2021, Barbara Gottlieb, Environment and Health Program director, represented Physicians for Social Responsibility in front of the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB).