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Make sure every vote counts!

Election Day is over—the American people have voted. Now we need to make sure that every vote counts.

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Another Legal Victory: BLM will Have to Consider Climate Impacts of Fracking on Federal Lands

In another legal victory, PSR and two fellow plaintiffs forced the Bureau of Land Management to consider the climate consequences of fracking on public land in the American West.

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American Public Health Association Renews Appeal for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

APHA has supported the abolition of nuclear weapons and the prevention of nuclear war for decades, and on October 24, it adopted a new policy statement co-authored by PSR members.

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PSR celebrates 50 ratifications for the ban treaty

Honduras has become the 50th nation to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, paving the way for it to enter into force on January 22, 2021.

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United States and Russia scramble against deadline to save New START

The treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire February 5, 2021, but some new developments have generated hope that the countries may reach an agreement in time.

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Press Release

Physicians for Social Responsibility celebrates 50th ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

This treaty changes the legal status of nuclear weapons in international law, and marks a historic milestone for a decades-long, intergenerational movement to abolish nuclear weapons.

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Campaign Update

Health, Life Insurance Companies Must Divest from Fossil Fuels

PSR's new coauthored report, “Running Out of Time,” looks at the startling extent of investment in fossil fuels by health insurance and life insurance companies—and calls on them to divest.

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Misplaced priorities: ICAN’s Report on 2019 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending

In 2019, nuclear-armed countries collectively spent $138,700 every minute on nuclear weapons, according to a new report on 2019 global nuclear weapons spending from International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

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As a Student, Here’s Why I believe Voting in this 2020 Presidential Election is Critical

Two of the biggest issues that face our planet are nuclear disarmament and climate change. How our national leadership confronts these twin threats will be heavily impacted by the election.

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In the News

Des Moines residents had input on United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Op-ed in the Des Moines Register by Dr. David Drake, PSR Board Member.

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Doctors Demand Lawmakers Take Action to Address Climate Change

Public News Service article quoting PSR Arizona's Dr. Eve Shapiro.

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Power & Health

TV documentary from KCET on how inequality impacts health, featuring Martha Dina Arguello of PSR-Los Angeles.

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Areas of Focus

PSR advocates on the issues you care about by addressing the dangers that threaten communities, using our medical and public health expertise to prevent nuclear war and proliferation, reverse our trajectory towards climate change, protect the public and our environment from toxic chemicals and eliminate the use of nuclear power.

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