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Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
PSR senior scientist educates on coal in Michigan
November 7, 2011 - November 9, 2011
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dr. Alan Lockwood, lead author of Coal’s Assault on Human
Health and member of the PSR national board, will be in Michigan Nov. 7
through 9 working to help roll back the coal-fired power plants that
contaminate the air, water and land. He will present Grand Rounds at
Michigan State, meet with editorial boards in Detroit, Lansing and Ann Arbor,
and present compelling evidence that clean, renewable energy needs to be
embraced for the future.
PSR members are invited to a special reception in Ann Arbor
to meet Alan at the home of Roger Kerson and Robin Kaplan. To RSVP or for
more information, please contact Mary Dillon Kerwin at mkerwin@psr.org or (202) 587-5231.
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Climate Change and Famine
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Hope for a Heated Planet
Author Bob Musil, former PSR executive director and now scholar-in-residence at American University, has written an insightful and informative account about the climate change issue and how it has finally emerged in the public’s mind as a major public health concern. Read more »
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Extreme Weather Impacts on Public Health
Dr. Catherine Thomasson's presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 10, 2013 on the effects of climate change. Read more »