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February 22, 2013
Dr. Ann T. Behrmann and Dr. Robert Block: Include health effects in discussion of mining bill
The mining bill coming up for a vote in our Legislature would jeopardize the water of the Bad River watershed, the largest area of undeveloped wetlands in the upper Great Lakes, and risk the health of mine workers and people in communities dependent on the watershed and downwind of the mine.
Source: Wisconsin State Journal
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February 21, 2013
To stop budget crisis, King must help trim nukes
An op-ed from PSR's Dr. Peter Wilk.
Source: The Times Record
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February 13, 2013
Maryland’s governor tells state Senate panel offshore wind bill would create hundreds of jobs
Dr. Cindy Parker spoke at the rally on behalf of PSR, saying, “If the climate is allowed to change, we are not going to be able to cure that, we are not going to be able to fix that. The only way is to prevent it.”
Source: Washington Post
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February 12, 2013
Physicians Call for Pragmatic Solutions to End Nuclear Tests Threat
Physicians for Social Responsibility condemns the Democratic Republic of North Korea’s (DPRK) nuclear test detonation. This move will isolate the DPRK and make it increasingly difficult for diplomatic talks to succeed in decreasing tensions within the region.
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February 6, 2013
The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
An op-ed by Chesapeake PSR steering committee member Dr. Gwen DuBois on nuclear power.
Source: Baltimore Sun
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February 5, 2013
Climate change bad for health, expert says
PSR board member Andrew Jameton explains the health impacts of climate change.
Source: Omaha World-Herald
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January 22, 2013
Martin Luther King, Inauguration Day and Our Shifting Awareness
An op-ed from PSR Los Angeles board member Dr. Robert Dodge.
Source: Pressenza
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January 22, 2013
MLK, Inauguration Day and our shifting awareness
An op-ed from PSR Los Angeles board member Dr. Robert Dodge.
Source: The Herald News
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January 17, 2013
Winners Selected for Oregon PSR's 2013 Greenfield Peace Writing Scholarship
Oregon PSR expresses our sincere appreciation to all of the Oregon high school juniors and seniors who shared your thoughts on Hanford with us. Thank you!
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January 16, 2013
Nukes, Militarism and Public Health
Dr. Andrew Kanter, Past President of PSR and NYC Chapter Leader draws the link between 'Nukes, Militarism and Public Health,' while providing perspective and helpful activism tips.
Source: Access for All
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January 15, 2013
Groups: Nuclear Energy Institute Is Pushing NRC to Shortchange Environmental Review of Long-Term Radioactive Waste Storage
The nuclear industry’s trade association is pushing so hard to get the NRC to do a hurry-up version of a court-ordered environmental impact statement on the long-term storage of nuclear waste that it is even pressuring the federal agency to rely on such unsatisfactory “evidence” as secret reports that the agency has reported as being lost, according to supplemental comments filed today by 24 leading national and grassroots environment groups.
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January 8, 2013
Clarion Call to Address Climate Change
PSR Executive Director Dr. Catherine Thomasson and co-author Katie Preston outline climate change impact in Virginia and urge that "we owe it to our children and grandchildren to act now for their future."
Source: Roanoke Times
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January 3, 2013
24 Groups: NRC Rushing Nuclear "Waste Confidence" Process, Not Satisfying Court-Ordered Requirements
In documents filed Tuesday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a wide range of national and grassroots environmental groups said it would be impossible for the NRC to adequately conduct a court-ordered assessment of the environmental implications of long-term storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel in the two short years the federal agency envisions for the process.
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January 1, 2013
At the E.R., Bearing Witness to Gun Violence
Dr. David H. Newman comments on gun violence from his viewpoint as an emergency room physician.
Source: New York Times
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December 30, 2012
We need more information about pesticides
PSR Member Dr. Richard L. Humphrey and co-author Dr. Lorne Garrettson call for Maryland to pass the Pesticide Information Act in 2013..
Source: Baltimore Sun
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December 20, 2012
Nuclear Power Plant Flood Risk: Sandy Was Just a Warm Up
PSR Board President Dr. Andy Kanter comments on emergency preparedness in natural disasters and the added risk from nuclear reactors.
Source: Tucson Sentinal
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December 20, 2012
The Shameful Epidemic
PSR Board Member Dr. Bill Durston says the epidemic of gun viloence can only be solved by comprehensive gun control.
Source: Sacramento News and Review
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December 19, 2012
Video: PSR Members Inspire, Empower, and Engage
With your help we are working to reduce the threat of nuclear war, educate the public about the dangers of climate change, demand safe, clean energy, and warn about global consequences of limited nuclear war. So many of you have supported us all year long in so many ways, we made this video for you. Watch to see some of the scenes from our expert tours, testimony, Facebook chats and media outreach.
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December 15, 2012
U.S. should reduce its nuclear stockpiles
PSR/Florida physicians call for reasonable assessment of our national security requirements and a halt to excessive spending on nuclear arsenal.
Source: Tampa Bay Times
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December 13, 2012
Maryland Residents Call for Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing of Natural Gas
PSR co-hosted "Drilling Down: A Conference on Fracking Risks and Action in Maryland," at the University of Baltimore's Langsdale Auditorium. Residents from all over Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania participated for a full day of education on what's at stake with the introduction of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for the extraction of natural gas to the state of Maryland.
Source: Metro Business Media