http://www.psr.org Convio Content Management System Module en-us www.psr.org-432530938 http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/code-black/blog/psr-clean-air-ambassadors.html Twelve PSR leaders from across the country descended on Washington, DC recently to push for clean air, a livable climate, and reductions in toxic pollution from energy generation. They were part of “50 States United,” a lobbying blitz that brought doctors, nurses, clergy, labor leaders, tribal leaders, parents and citizen activists to Washington from all 50 states. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:13 -0500 www.psr.org-431273978 http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/code-black/blog/bank-of-america-meeting.html It's official! According to major finance website thestreet.com, last week's Bank of America shareholder meeting was "dominated by anti-coal activists." Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:46 -0500 www.psr.org-431240565 http://www.psr.org/nuclear-weapons/blog/new-momentum-and-data-nuclear-weapons-abolition.html Nuclear weapons continue to pose an existential threat to human civilization. Their elimination must be our highest priority if we hope to bequeath a sustainable world to our children. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:18:12 -0500 www.psr.org-430037130 http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/code-black/blog/psr-chides-bank-of-america-on.html PSR's Barbara Gottlieb described to Bank of America's CEO and board of directors the health implications of climate change -- caused in part by their loans to the coal industry. Tue, 14 May 2013 09:22:43 -0500 www.psr.org-35915162 http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/code-black/blog/talking-about-coal-to-the-board-of-health.html All around the country, PSR activists are building informed opposition to coal plants. In Iowa, Maureen McCue, Coordinator of Iowa PSR, has forged an exciting new front by educating county boards of health. Tue, 14 May 2013 09:21:06 -0500 www.psr.org-411255012 http://www.psr.org/nuclear-weapons/blog/nuclear-famine.html As the second session of the conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons opened, the co-chair, Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko, the Director General of the South African Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, noted the findings of climate scientists such as Alan Robock, who is here with us, and of IPPNW co-president Ira Helfand, to the effect that even a limited nuclear war would cause global climate disruption and an agricultural crisis that would have catastrophic consequences for her own continent of Africa. Her remarks could have come right out of IPPNW’s report Nuclear Famine. This was exactly the right way to frame a session on the long term consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:25:45 -0600 www.psr.org-411234877 http://www.psr.org/nuclear-weapons/blog/oslo-next-generation-leaders.html The ICAN Civil Society Forum was a triumph of youthful energy and should put to rest fears that young people can not be mobilized to address the humanitarian consequences of nuclear war. Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:04:05 -0600 www.psr.org-410322384 http://www.psr.org/nuclear-weapons/blog/oslo-historic-conference.html Participants began to gather this evening for the ICAN Civil Society Forum on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear War, and most of the talk has been about the decision by the P5, the permanent members of the Security Council and the owners of the world's largest nuclear arsenals, to boycott the official government conference which begins on Monday. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:08:49 -0600 www.psr.org-410973970 http://www.psr.org/nuclear-weapons/blog/no-small-mistakes-ican.html “There are no small mistakes with nuclear weapons.” That simple statement by Chatham House research director Patricia Lewis set the theme for the first day of ICAN’s Civil Society Forum on the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, March 2 in Oslo. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:31:40 -0600 www.psr.org-407058637 http://www.psr.org/nuclear-weapons/blog/cut-the-fat-in-the-pentagon-budget.html PSR has been speaking out on cutting the nuclear weapons and bloated Pentagon budget for decades. There is now pressure from the deficit reduction actions to cut the military budget but if it is done under the sequester, across the board budget cuts many programs providing support for essential human needs will be cut as well. Because many in Congress wish to protect the military budget, it is essential to reach our elected officials to encourage additional Pentagon and nuclear weapons cuts. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:55:32 -0600