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New EPA Ozone Limits -- A Great Way to Start the New Year!
January 12, 2010
An article on the EPA's new ozone standard discusses PSR's recent work exposing the dangers of coal-fired power plants.
Source: Burnt Orange Report
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Health and Safety Risks of Carbon Capture and Storage
January 6, 2010
An article by PSR's Dr. John Fogarty and Dr. Michael McCally discussing the dangers of carbon capture and storage. Full article requires subscription.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
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Capitol Hill loves carbon storage technology. But are lawmakers overlooking risks?
January 5, 2010
A new article by PSR's Dr. John Fogarty and Dr. Michael McCally, published in JAMA, warns of the dangers of carbon capture and sequestration.
Source: The Hill
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Climate change endangers our public health
January 3, 2010
An article by Carl Pope discusses the dangers of climate change and mentions PSR's recent report Coal's Assault on Human Health.
Source: Aurora Sentinel (Colorado)
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American Public Health Association says FDA should ban rBGH
December 28, 2009
APHA along with PSR Oregon and other advocacy groups warn of health risks from recombinant bovine growth hormone (rGBH).
Source: Examiner.com
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Climate change bill draft calls for more clean energy, greenhouse reductions
December 11, 2009
Wisconsin PSR's Pam Kleiss discusses the possibility of relaxed nuclear power rules in a new Wisconsin global warming bill.
Source: Wisconsin State Journal
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Obama's Peace Prize brings hope for a world without nukes
December 10, 2009
An op-ed by Maine PSR member Dr. Paul Averill Liebow.
Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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Countdown to Oslo: Dr. Helfand’s CNN Article and a Live Blog from Oslo
December 9, 2009
As a decades-long national leader with Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Dr. Ira Helfand has traveled the nation advocating for nuclear disarmament in hospital, university and community settings. He is currently in Oslo, Norway to represent PSR at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies honoring President Barak Obama.
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Abolishing nuclear arms: It can be done
December 9, 2009
An op-ed by PSR's Dr. Ira Helfand on how we can acheive a nuclear weapons free world. Dr. Helfand is representing PSR at this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring President Obama.
Source: CNN
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Coal Report Secures National, International Media Coverage
December 8, 2009
The newly released report has garnered substantial media coverage across the country. Utilizing a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, a briefing in the U.S. Senate, a nationwide media drive, and media outreach by PSR chapters, PSR was successful in bringing this important report to the attention of a huge audience coast to coast.
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US Dept of Energy Says 'No' to Jamestown, NY's Dirty Coal Proposal
December 7, 2009
Dr. Alan Lockwood, a PSR board member, applauds the Department of Energy's decision not to fund a proposed coal plant in Jamestown, New York.
Source: Environmental Advocates of New York
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Western Mass. doctor, Ira Helfand, to fly to Norway to watch President Obama get Nobel Peace Prize
December 7, 2009
Dr. Ira Helfand will be representing PSR at this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo.
Source: MassLive.com (Massachusetts)
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Local doctor goes to Norway (Video)
December 7, 2009
A local news clip on PSR's Dr. Ira Helfand, who will be representing PSR at this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo.
Source: WWLP (Massachusetts)
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2 More Utilities Retiring Aging Coal Plants in Wake of Health Report
December 3, 2009
It's the right move for health reasons, too, as Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) found when it took an in-depth look at coal's impacts on human health and mortality. In a report released last month, the medical and public health group connected coal and its emissions to a number of serious health issues, including increased risk of heart disease, cancer, asthma and lowered IQ’s.
Source: SolveClimate.com
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Groups rally to safekeep moratorium
December 2, 2009
Jeff Patterson, national president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, voiced his concerns regarding nuclear energy and the health issues related to exposure to radioactivity.
Source: UW Badger Herald (Wisconsin)
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Nuclear power gets attention at the capitol (Audio)
December 1, 2009
Dr. Jeffrey Patterson, national president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, says considering safer alternatives are available, this is not the time to revive the nuclear industry.
Source: Wisconsin Radio Network
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Prologue to Copenhagen: Fasts, Lock Downs, Sit-Ins, Die-Ins for Climate Justice Across the Nation
November 30, 2009
On the 10th anniversary of the Seattle globalization protests, today's actions also took place on the heels of a new study by the Physicians for Social Responsibility that coal "contributes to four of the top five causes of mortality in the U.S. and is responsible for increasing the incidence of major diseases already affecting large portions of the U.S. population."
Source: Huffington Post
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Medical Group Denounces Coal in Critical Report
November 27, 2009
So you thought smoking cigarettes was bad for your health? Try living next to a coal-fired power plant. That’s the diagnosis Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) relayed to the public in a comprehensive medical study released on November 18, called Coal’s Assault on Human Health. In it, the organization, comprised of physicians and public health experts, claims that coal pollutants damage every major organ in the human body and contributes to four of the top five leading causes of death in the United States.
Source: Online Journal
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Accident casts fresh doubt on nuclear safety
November 25, 2009
An op-ed by Dr. Gwen DuBois of Baltimore PSR on the dangers of nuclear power plants.
Source: Baltimore Sun
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EPA proposes sulfur dioxide limits for first time since 1971
November 24, 2009
Dr. Alan Lockwood, the lead author of PSR's new report "Coal's Assault on Human Health", discusses the health impacts of coal pollution.
Source: McClatchy