Florida Lawmakers Once Again to Consider Bans on Fracking
Radio interview with PSR Florida’s Dr. Howard Kessler on hydraulic fracturing in Florida.
Proposed Weymouth Compressor Station Draws More Opposition
Article from WBUR on the growing opposition to the proposed compressor station in Weymouth, MA, citing Greater Boston PSR’s new report, which concludes that air pollution from the compressor station would pose “an unacceptable health risk to the surrounding community.”
Exciting wins against VA pipelines
Valiant activists, including some with whom PSR has collaborated for years, are celebrating two important wins against pipelines in Virginia. Virginia’s State Water Control Board voted recently to reconsider its earlier decision to grant a water quality certification to the Mountain Valley pipeline. That’s due in part to the tireless work of Tina Smusz, MD, …
“Our organizations are deeply concerned”: PSR and 19 Additional Health Organizations Submit Comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule Changes for New Source Performance Standards
On December 17, twenty health and public health organizations submitted comments to Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler protesting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed weakening of for the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), which regulate leakage of methane and toxic gases from oil and gas wells.
EPA’s proposed methane rule rollback would endanger health and the climate
The U.S. EPA is proposing to roll back the rules that restrict methane and toxic gas leakage from oil and gas wells across the country. This roll-back would endanger health locally, and damage the climate globally. PSR responded with strong comments about these health impacts—and 19 other health professional and public health groups joined to …
Tell the EPA: Protect us from fracked gas
INACTIVE – Please send a comment to the EPA today, urging them not to weaken the rules that protect us from escaping fracked gas.
Greater Boston PSR Opposes Proposed Compressor Station
PSR members in Virginia have been fighting a proposed fracked-gas compressor station for years. Now, Greater Boston PSR has raised health concerns about a compressor station proposed for their area. The chapter’s steering committee has sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, criticizing a Health Impact Assessment that was …
EPA rolls back methane capture rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continued its promotion of fossil fuels—and its assault on the climate and public health—with a proposal to weaken the requirements for monitoring and repairing methane leaks from oil and gas wells. This climate-busting proposal would undo a 2016 rule that required oil and gas companies to perform leak inspections as …
Rolling back methane regulations harms everyone
Letter to the Editor from PSR Philadelphia’s Edward C. Ketyer, MD, FAAP, in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Pipeline in Hurricane Florence’s Path Poses Added Danger
PSR’s Barbara Gottlieb writes for Daily Kos about the dangers to local communities posed by pipelines in a hurricane’s path.