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 abolish the Nuclear Loan Guarantee Program.
"Cooking the Earth," PSR’s handsome new slide show, describes how coal increases global warming and how that warming threatens human health. 40 slides.
The text (notes), with citations, are not part of the Powerpoint. They are available as a separate pdf file, which can be downloaded here.
When using, reproducing or citing this slide show’s images or text, please credit as follows: Physicians for Social Responsibility. "Cooking the Earth." PowerPoint. May 2009. <http://www.psr.org/resources/cooking-the-earth.html>
Powerpoint VersionThank President Obama for his courageous and health-protecting decision not to permit construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Let's flood the U.S. Senate with phone calls, telling our elected officials just how dangerous coal ash is, and asking them to oppose Senate bill 1751.
Coal Ash: The Toxic Threat to Our Health and Environment
Coal ash, one of the dirtiest secrets in American energy production, burst into the U.S. consciousness three days before Christmas, 2008 when an earthen wall holding back a huge coal ash disposal pond failed at the coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee. Read more »
Code Black is PSR’s program to inform health professionals about the multiple threats that coal poses to public health, and to help health professionals strengthen local efforts to oppose and defeat the approval or licensing of new coal-fired plants. Read more »
Coal's Assault on Human Health
Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. The report also considers coal's contribution to global warming, and the health implications of global warming. Read more »
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