The Oil Well Next Door: California’s Silent Health Hazard
Features PSR-Los Angeles’ work on the harms of oil extraction in the residential neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
Cooking With Gas, Household Air Pollution, and Asthma: Little Recognized Risk for Children
Article in the Journal of Environmental Health co-authored by Andee Krasner, MPH, Greater Boston PSR. (subscription required)
What Biden’s climate justice pledge on leaking oil wells means
EarthBeat (National Catholic Reporter) quoting Martha Argüello, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility in Los Angeles
Why A Federal Order In The Weymouth Compressor Case Has The Natural Gas World Worried
Article from Earthwhile (WBUR) citing Greater Boston PSR’s opposition to the natural gas compressor station in Weymouth, MA.
Green energy is healthier for the environment and for humans
Letter to the editor in the Patriot-News from Robert G. Little, MD, PSR-Pennsylvania.
Is Fracking Behind a Cluster of Rare Childhood Cancers?
Is fracking behind a cluster of rare childhood cancers that has struck young people in southwestern Pennsylvania? Read a new investigative report from The New Yorker, then take action!
Biden Pausing Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Lands is a Necessary First Step, but More is Needed
Op-ed in Colorado Times Recorder from Velma Campbell, MD, MPH, PSR Colorado.
When the Kids Started Getting Sick
After pressure from families, Pennsylvania has launched studies into whether fracking can be linked to cancer in kids. This article from the New Yorker quotes PSR-PA’s Tammy Murphy.
PSR Helps Win Partial Gas Ban in Seattle
Seattle, WA is the latest city to limit or ban fossil fuels in new construction. Washington PSR was part of the effort to pass the legislation.
How South L.A. Residents Are Shutting Down Big Oil in Their Neighborhoods
KCET article quoting Ruth Andrade and Martha Dina Argüello of PSR-Los Angeles.