PSR-Chesapeake, environmental advocates and community groups in Baltimore successfully pressured the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to declare invalid the permit for a trash-to-energy incinerator proposed for construction in Baltimore. Read more »

Last October, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, a form of breast cancer. Fortunately, the cancer was diagnosed in the earlier stages and my long-term prognosis is good. Read more »
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A study recently published in Nature finds that sea levels could rise six feet by the year 2100, putting 13 million U.S. residents at risk of losing their homes. Read more »

Oregon PSR worked hard to help win passage of the state's Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Bill (SB 1547-B). The victory is described as a "landmark moment," and shows the U.S. is still moving towards renewable energy despite the Supreme Court's recent stay of the Clean Power Plan. Read more »

The multiple tragedies that have attended the knowledge that large amounts of lead contaminates the water supply for Flint, Michigan, have refocused national attention on the toxin that was forgotten, but not gone. Read more »

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have formed a bipartisan caucus to seek solutions on climate change. Read more »
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Twenty states asked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to stay the Mercury and Air Toxics rule, whose goal is to cut toxic mercury emissions from power plants. Read more »

Seventeen states signed onto a "Governors' Accord for a New Energy Future" that makes an economic case for expanding renewable energy and energy efficiency. Read more »

According to the sixth annual report from the Solar Foundation, California and Massachusetts have 50 percent of all the solar jobs in U.S. The high number of solar jobs in these states shows that their renewable energy policies are working. Read more »

On February 8, PSR's Dr. Ira Helfand addressed students, faculty members and the public at Cornell University and SUNY-Cortland last week on this topic: "The Growing Danger of Nuclear War and What We Can Do About It." Read more »
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PSR is calling on the nation’s governors to move forward with the Clean Power Plan despite the Supreme Court stay on its implementation. Read more »

After sending out our action alert for the Clean Energy Saves Lives campaign, urging our members to help make climate change an issue in the primaries, we received encouraging news from Jim Newell, one of our members. Read more »
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PSR’s writing and advocacy on coal ash brought us before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, where Environment & Health Director Barbara Gottlieb and PSR member Yolanda Whyte, MD of Georgia were asked to provide testimony. Read more »
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Climate change is an important topic, so why does it seem to be taking a back seat in the presidential primaries and debates? Read more »

The State of California, having recognized the threats to climate from greenhouse gas emissions, has called for insurance companies to voluntarily divest from all thermal coal investments. Read more »

2015 was the hottest year on record, surpassing 2014 by 0.16 C (0.29 F), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. Read more »

Climate change is finally being recognized in the presidential primaries as a real and imminent threat. In a recent Iowa debate, climate change was one of several issues brought up as the Democratic hopefuls were asked questions straight from audience members. Read more »

Will the EPA’s proposed regulations protect us from disasters like the massive methane leak from Aliso Canyon? Read more »

On January 6, over 30 seismic monitoring stations associated with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty picked up tremors emanating from North Korea that indicated a potential atom bomb blast. Read more »
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Right before the holidays, the U.S. Senate passed legislation seeking to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. The House passed a different version of reform in June 2015. Unfortunately, both have major flaws that could prevent the public health community from supporting any final legislation. Read more »