Make a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Tell President Obama to cancel the Vogtle Loan Guarantee! We don’t want or need new nuclear reactors and we don’t think that taxpayers should be on the hook to support a mature industry.
PSR Webinars on Climate Change and Health
To promote public understand of the relationships between climate change and health, PSR has launched a series of webinars offering factual information on climate change’s dangerous impacts on our health and well-being. Each webinar also presents hands-on advice on an advocacy skill or an action you can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or promote clean, healthy renewable energy alternatives.
Save the date for PSR's next climate webinar:
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
7:30 - 8:30 pm eastern time
Did you miss our earlier webinars? View them here, or download the slideshows to present them yourself:
May 2013 | Extreme Weather: Impacts on Public Health
Slideshow | Video
June 2013 | Heat's Deadly Effects
Slideshow | Video
August 2013 | The Spread of Insect-borne and Water-borne Disease
Slideshow | Outline
September 2013 | Climate Change and Conflict
Slideshow - coming soon!
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PSR Doctor Crosses Country by Bicycle, Presents on Climate Change and Health
PSR member Wendy Ring, MD is crossing the U.S. by bicycle this summer and fall and stopping in comunities along the way to share her knowledge of climate change and health. Is she coming to your community? Track her route and learn more!
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Climate Change Basics
Scientific evidence continues to mount that the earth’s climate is changing rapidly. Global average surface temperatures have increased by about one degree Fahrenheit since the beginning of the 20th century, and the five hottest years on record have all occurred in the last decade.
Climate scientists agree that human activities are the primary cause of this warming. As we burn fossil fuels to power our homes, industries and transportation systems, we add more and more carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased by more than 30 percent since pre-industrial times and is now higher than at any point in the last 420,000 years.
Unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, temperatures are projected to increase by an additional 2.5 to 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit during the next 100 years.
Already, rising temperatures have disrupted climate patterns around the world, resulting in more frequent intense storms and more intense heat waves. Melting glaciers and rising oceans also result from climate change. The health effects of these changes are serious and widespread. Disease, injury and death can result from climate-induced natural disasters, heat-related illness, pest- and waterborne diseases, air and water pollution and damage to crops and drinking water sources.
Children, the poor, the elderly, and those with a weak or impaired immune system are the most vulnerable.
We and countries around the world must act now to slow and eventually reverse climate change by slashing fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, we need to invest in strategies that will help us to prepare for what may come. This includes improving our public health infrastructure, disease surveillance and emergency response capabilities.
Tell your senator: Keep the energy efficiency bill clean.
The American medical community believes it is necessary to acknowledge the onset of global warming,
Climate Chaos: How Coal Accelerates Climate Change
The United States generates almost half its electricity by burning coal -- an outdated, toxic technology that spews pollutants into the air. Coal's carbon dioxide pollution is a major contributing factor to climate change. Coal also emits a host of toxic "conventional pollutants" -- mercury, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter and others -- that inflict severe damage on the body's major organ systems. Read more »
Fact Sheet: Vector-Borne and Water-Borne Diseases
Climate change is acknowledged by scientists around the world to be a reality and to be caused primarily by human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels. As the earth warms, the delicate balance of climate, weather events and life is disrupted. Consequences emerge that threaten health and, ultimately, survival. As the climate changes, vector-borne and water-borne diseases spread. Read more »
Fact Sheet: Heat's Deadly Effects
Climate change is acknowledged by scientists around the world to be a reality and to be caused primarily by human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels. As the earth warms, the delicate balance of climate, weather events and life is disrupted. Consequences emerge that threaten health and, ultimately, survival. Climate change is likely to increase the frequency of "extreme heat events" or heat waves. Read more »
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