http://www.psr.org Convio Content Management System Module en-us www.psr.org-428684095 http://www.psr.org/chapters/oregon/assets/pdfs/kinder-morgan-decision-a.html Oregon PSR responds to news of Kinder Morgan decision to cease plans to site a coal export facility at Port Westward (St. Helens) in Columbia County, Oregon Wed, 22 May 2013 18:08:19 -0500 www.psr.org-424071022 http://www.psr.org/chapters/florida/news/florida-psr-concerned-over-fracking-legislation.html Florida PSR and the Florida League of Conservation Voters, in honor of Earth Day and respect for our Mother, are bringing attention to the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:40:24 -0500 www.psr.org-420287229 http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/national-physicians-groups-tell-nevada.html Pressure by PSR and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment helped Utah’s Governor Brian Sandoval make the decision to withdraw support from the Las Vegas/Snake Valley Water Pipeline project and continue to urge Nevada’s Governor Gary Herbert to withdraw support as well. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:46:58 -0500 www.psr.org-417788209 http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/physicians-support-historic-new-arms-trade-treaty.html PSR applauds the UN General Assembly's adoption of the world's first Arms Trade Treaty that has come after years of work and negotiations. We urge the United States to work deliberatively to sign and ratify the treaty. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:09:29 -0500 www.psr.org-413622653 http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/nobel-peace-laureates-call.html As negotiators from around the world head to New York for the final talks on an international Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations next week, US President Barack Obama must take the lead in securing a strong global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a group of 18 Nobel Peace Prize winners said in an open letter delivered to their fellow Laureate at the White House today. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:27:08 -0500 www.psr.org-410273539 http://www.psr.org/chapters/oregon/news/physicians-respond-to.html Oregon PSR calls for a cumulative and comprehensive Health Impact Assessment. Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:05:34 -0600 www.psr.org-405321074 http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/physicians-pragmatic-solutions-nuclear-tests.html 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. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:50:36 -0600 www.psr.org-395383173 http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/groups-nuclear-energy.html 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. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:02:50 -0600 www.psr.org-391572813 http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/nrc-rushing-nuclear-waste-confidence-process.html 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. Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:48:27 -0600 www.psr.org-363042775 http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/popular-childrens-lunch-contains-hidden-danger.html Some children may be at greater risk from mercury in tuna than previously thought, finds a new study by the Mercury Policy Project. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:31:35 -0500