Physicians for Social Responsibility

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What We Cannot Cure

Mobilizing health professionals on issues that represent the gravest dangers to human health.

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Action Alert

Tell your senators: Cut the B-83 and help end the pandemic

It is time that the U.S. gets its priorities straight: we can no longer fund weapons of war. It's time to invest in human lives.

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Campaign Update

Watch Now: What can the nuclear weapons abolition movement learn from other social justice movements?

Learning from other social justice movements as we advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons and work towards a peaceful, equitable, and just society. Watch PSR's recent webinar now.

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Campaign Update

New Speaker Announcement! Join Us for PSR’s Virtual Gala

Join us November 18 at 6 pm ET for PSR's Virtual Gala, featuring a keynote address from the new Co-Director of Greenpeace, Ebony Twilley-Martin, and Nola Haynes, WCAPS West-Coast Director.

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Campaign Update

A PSR Doctor Speaks from COP26: A Call to Action from Island Nations

PSR Board Member Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni writes from Glasgow, Scotland where she is attending COP26 as a physician who works at the intersections of climate change, health equity, and advocacy.

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Press Release

Biden Makes Climate Pledge at Glasgow While Pushing Oil, Gas Leasing in U.S.

U.S. climate groups slammed the Biden administration for refusing to stop oil and gas leasing on public lands despite President Biden's Glasgow pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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In the News

Is Biden Taking Nuclear Policy Seriously?

Article in Outrider by PSR's Jasmine Owens

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Press Release

Physicians for Social Responsibility statement on EPA Rule

Physicians for Social Responsibility issued the following statement applauding the Biden Administration’s proposed new rule for reducing methane pollution from oil and gas operations and calling for further measures.

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Action Alert

Tell your senators it’s time to close the deal on climate investments!

Congress will act any day (or hour!) on vital climate legislation. Call now to urge them to support historic investments in clean energy and a livable future!

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Campaign Update

Members of Congress Cite PSR’s PFAS report in Letter to EPA

PSR’s recent report on PFAS chemicals used in fracking was the basis for, and is cited in, a Congressional letter to the EPA asking for “information and follow-up action” on chemicals...

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Campaign Update

Climate Psychiatry 101

Climate change can affect mental health and increase stress, violence, and suicide. PSR has partnered with the Climate Psychiatry Alliance to share information about the mental health impacts of climate...

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Campaign Update

PSR is among 140+ groups who signed on a COP26 call to action for governments to cut military emissions

Ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), PSR joins 140+ organizations in calling for military greenhouse gas emissions to be an agenda item at COP26.

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Campaign Update

New Report takes a deep dive into the companies responsible for prolonging the nuclear weapons threat

The Center for International Policy released a report this month written by William Hartung, the Director of the Arms and Security Program at the center. This report looks at the...

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Campaign Update

Nuclear activists and physicians from the U.S. and Russia pass the torch to a new generation of physicians looking to end the nuclear weapons threat

On October 13, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and its Russian affiliate Russian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (RPPNW) held an event where older...

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Campaign Update

Join Us on Nov. 18th For PSR’s Virtual Gala

On November 18, join us for PSR's Virtual Gala! Our program will begin at 6pm ET and will feature a keynote address from the new Co-Director of Greenpeace, Ebony Twilley-Martin.

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Campaign Update

PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition program kicks off new campaign focused on equity

Arizona Daily Star op-ed from Raymond Graap, MD, PSR Arizona Board Member.

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Action Alert

Representative Barbara Lee is doing what COP26 didn’t

For the first two weeks of November, world leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), a conference dedicated to solving the climate crisis. There...

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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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