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Scientists Discuss Federal Report on Climate Change

December 4, 2018

Radio interview with PSR’s Todd Sack, MD on the new U.S. government report on climate change.

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Air Pollution Is Killing Kids, But Trump’s EPA Doesn’t Seem To Care

November 21, 2018

Op-ed by Eric Sullivan, Student PSR member and fourth-year medical student, in Huffington Post.

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What is the “INF” and why does it matter?

October 25, 2018

In December, 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. On October 21st of this year, President Donald Trump…

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Leading Health Experts from Physicians for Social Responsibility Testify at Oct. 1 EPA Hearing in Chicago

October 2, 2018

On Oct. 1, a group of our health experts from Chicago PSR and PSR Wisconsin testified against the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which set the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

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Don’t Arm This President With These Nukes

October 2, 2018

Op-ed by PSR’s Olivia Alperstein for Foreign Policy in Focus.

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EPA rolls back methane capture rules

September 20, 2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continued its promotion of fossil fuels—and its assault on the climate and public health—with a proposal to weaken the requirements for monitoring and repairing methane…

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Rolling back methane regulations harms everyone

September 14, 2018

Letter to the Editor from PSR Philadelphia’s Edward C. Ketyer, MD, FAAP, in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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PSR Strongly Opposes EPA’s Proposed Rollback of Methane Rule

September 11, 2018

On September 11, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced their plan to roll back a critical health and safety rule regarding methane, the main component of natural gas and a potent greenhouse gas.

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PSR Rejects the Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut the Clean Power Plan

August 21, 2018

Today President Trump and Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced their proposal to dismantle the Clean Power Plan.

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Reduce Leaking and Venting from Fracked Wells

July 25, 2018

Why would the government roll back a common-sense, health-protective rule that limits the amount of “fugitive” methane that can be leaked, vented or flared from oil and gas operations on…

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