Shale gas health concerns are disturbing
Letter to the Editor in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, interim executive director of Philadelphia PSR.
Don’t drill in the Everglades!
INACTIVE – The Everglades are threatened by a request to drill for oil and gas. Help us make sure it doesn’t happen! Sign the petition now.
In Weymouth, echoes of Flint
Article from the Boston Globe on the proposed Weymouth compressor station, citing Greater Boston PSR’s work on the health threats.
Stop the compressor station!
INACTIVE – The state of Massachusetts is considering whether to permit a compressor station—a source of toxic air pollution and a risk of explosion and catastrophic fire—in a heavily populated, low-income community near Boston.
Report from Weymouth Gas Foes Warns of Pollution and Explosion Danger
In this WGBH article, Greater Boston PSR experts highlight the public safety threats from the proposed Weymouth compressor.
Compressor station threatens Weymouth’s health and safety
Op-ed in The Patriot Ledger by Greater Boston PSR’s Anna Linakis Baker and Dr. Regina LaRocque.
Physicians for Social Responsibility: “Trump’s Executive Orders on Pipelines Endanger Public Health to Favor Polluter Profits”
On April 10, President Donald Trump announced two new executive orders to make it easier for companies to build oil and gas infrastructure and projects, and more difficult for states to block them—precisely at a time when we know we must rapidly reduce our extraction and use of fossil fuels to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
U.S. judge blocks drilling over climate change, casting doubt on Trump agenda
New York Times article on the PSR and WildEarth Guardians lawsuit against the federal government.
Federal judge demands Trump administration reveal how its drilling plans will fuel climate change
Washington Post article on the drilling lawsuit brought by PSR and WildEarth Guardians.
Important Court Victory Against Fracking
Physicians for Social Responsibility and fellow plaintiffs just won a landmark victory for climate and health as a federal judge rejected the leasing of public lands for fracking and ordered a halt to drilling on more than 300,000 acres in Wyoming. While the ruling applies to Wyoming, the precedent implicates oil and gas leases on …