equity & justice

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.

Climate and Environmental Justice Groups Respond to Massive Fire at Chevron’s El Segundo Refinery

October 26, 2025

Daily Kos article quoting Lorenzo González, MD, MPL, Health Professional Ambassador for PSR-Los Angeles

Washington must preserve health care for all, especially the poor

October 10, 2025

Op-ed in the Spokesman-Review by Kishanee Haththotuwegama, medical student & member of Washington PSR’s Economic Inequity & Health Task Force.

Report: Mental health challenged in ‘fenceline communities’ near pollution

October 4, 2025

Article in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on PSR Pennsylvania’s new report on fenceline communities.

Texas PSR Student Leaders Present: Emerging Research on Health, Climate, and Community

October 2, 2025

Join us for a free virtual event featuring Texas PSR student board members and chapter leaders presenting original research into mitigating the impacts of climate change, measuring environmental pollution, and assessing the effectiveness of environmental justice tours and community service as a form of medical student education.

Marietta Ceiling Plant upgrade could increase emissions of pollutants near Marietta, Maytown

September 26, 2025

LNP article quoting PSR Pennsylvania Environmental Science Director Chris DiGiulio on the health impacts of air pollutants from manufacturing.

Delaware River Basin Commission Approves Extension Of Permit For Proposed Docks At Gibbstown LNG Gas Export Terminal In NJ

September 10, 2025

PA Environment Digest Blog article quoting Josephine Gingerich, Health Advocacy Outreach Coordinator at PSR Pennsylvania.

RFK Jr Must be Stopped

September 2, 2025

As an organization dedicated to protecting human life from the gravest threats to health and survival, PSR joins leading medical and health experts and public health organizations sounding the alarm about the reckless leadership of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and we call for him to resign or be removed from office immediately.

Hidden history of nuclear weapons written in unacknowledged victims

August 29, 2025

Op-ed in the Seattle Times by Sean Arent, Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Manager, Washington PSR

Overturning Marriage Equality Would Wreak Havoc On LGBTQ+ Health

August 20, 2025

If Obergefell were overturned, it could lead to chaos in the healthcare space, impacting spousal health benefits, visitation rights, parental recognition, medical power of attorney, and end-of-life care.