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Today, PSR is joining with dozens of organizations, representing millions of Americans, calling on the U.S. Senate to pass clean energy and climate legislation. Please tell your Senators that we can no longer delay action if we are to protect our health and the health of future generations from catastrophic climate change.
Last Friday I again testified before the EPA on the health impacts of air quality. This time the subject was particulate matter. Once again, I was encouraging the EPA to follow through on a positive step it has proposed. Read more »
The battle unfolds on Capitol Hill, where a phalanx of politicians is seeking to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. Read more »
PSR calls on EPA to tighten proposed standards on smogPSR testified before the EPA on ground-level ozone, or smog, supporting new rules for more stringent ozone standards -- and urging the EPA to get more stringent yet. Read more »
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The recent snowstorms that pummeled the Mid-Atlantic are, in fact, evidence of global warming. Read more »
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Toxic coal ash must be regulated!Coal ash, loaded with arsenic, lead, selenium, mercury, and other toxics, is one of the biggest toxics streams in the U.S. – yet is not regulated by the federal government. It is a grave threat to health. Read more »
Mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining uses high-powered explosives to blow the tops off of mountains. The debris is then bulldozered into adjacent valleys and streams. The health hazards and environmental destruction this creates is so great, scientists have called for a moratorium on MTR permits. Read more »
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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rules to strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for two primary pollutants under the Clean Air Act: sulfur dioxide and ozone pollution (smog). Read more »
Fall is upon us, Code Black Alert! is back on the job, and coal and climate issues are hot. Here's a summary of recent and breaking news: Read more »
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I had the pleasure recently of attending the Sierra Club’s Midwest “New Energy Future” conference, where I shared information from PSR on the health impacts of global warming. This included our new fact sheets, which I hope you have seen. Read more »
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PSR Testifies on Global Warming Before EPATestifying before the Environmental Protection Agency, PSR executive director Dr. Peter Wilk called global warming one of the “gravest threats to health and survival” facing the world. Read more »
Many of you have been fighting to prevent the construction of dirty new coal plants. Now we have a chance to fight against coal pollution on a massive scale, not just one plant at a time. Read more »
PSR recently joined environmental and Native American groups in raising a legal challenge to a proposed coal-fired power plant slated for construction on a Navajo reservation in northwest New Mexico. Read more »
Iowa PSR, in partnership with sister organizations and the help of dedicated activists across the state, has prevented the construction of a potentially very dirty, unhealthy, 650-MW coal-fired power plant in the town of Marshalltown. Read more »
Good news is popping on the clean energy front, although the battle is far from won. Read more »
Working with environmental allies in the “SC Says NO Coalition,” PSR is using the media to educate South Carolinians about the deadly pollutants and global warming gases of a proposed coal-fired power plant. Read more »
PSR’s Code Black campaign kicked off 2009 by presenting the medical case against the eight, count ’em eight coal plants proposed for construction in Michigan. Read more »
To what extent is human health is harmed by air pollution? While air pollution adversely affects the entire U.S. population, certain populations — children, the elderly, and people suffering from chronic illness — are particularly vulnerable. Read more »
Have you seen the coal industry’s advertising blitz about “clean coal”? Our colleagues in the environmental movement have responded with a media campaign of their own. Read more »
All around the country, PSR activists are building informed opposition to coal plants. In Iowa, Maureen McCue, Coordinator of Iowa PSR, has forged an exciting new front by educating county boards of health. Read more »
PSR contributed to two big victories that help block new coal plants and cut global warming emissions. Read more »
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