Want to learn how to fight climate change by joining forces for climate justice? Take a look at Washington State, where an historically diverse coalition, which includes Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, is spearheading a visionary initiative, Initiative 1631.
As a physician, I pledged a solemn oath to protect the lives of my patients. The Environmental Protection Agency seems to have forgotten that its mission is also to protect.
Hurricane Florence inundated low-lying Carolina coastal communities, but also dropped heavy rains inland. Erosion may endanger fracked-gas pipelines under construction in the Appalachian Mountains. Know the risks.
The Baltimore Sun newspaper in a recent editorial applauded Chesapeake PSR for calling out the “hypocrisy” of Maryland’s renewable energy practices and welcomed the chapter’s new report, Unbundled: How Renewable Energy Credits Undermine Maryland’s Transition to Clean, Renewable Energy. The report critiques Maryland’s policy of allowing utilities to buy huge shares of out-of-state renewable tax …
The Washington Post recently published a letter by PSR’s Director for Environment and Health, Barbara Gottlieb. Gottlieb’s letter critiques reporters’ blatant avoidance of the term “climate change” in the Post’s June 25th article, “Immense rains are causing more flash flooding, and experts say it’s getting worse.” In that article, journalists referred to such climate-driven phenomena …
Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet Tuesday in Singapore. President Trump impulsively agreed to the summit, has already canceled once, and has entered into these negotiations without any advance planning or apparent strategy for achieving success.