EPA Rolls Back Methane Restrictions
In a move that endangers health and the climate, the Environmental Protection Agency moved to roll back regulations on methane and volatile organic compounds from the oil and gas industry.
Critics Call For Shutdown, Safety Review Of Weymouth Compressor After Emergency Shutdown
Greater Boston PSR member Dr. Regina LaRocque spoke to Earthwhile (WBUR) about the recent gas leak and threats to public safety.
A fracking threat we can’t afford
Op-ed for NY Daily News by Mark Ruffalo and PSR New York’s Kathleen Nolan, MD.
DOH Continues to Dodge Health Impacts from Oil & Gas Radiation, Passes Study to the University of Pittsburgh
Public Herald article quoting Ned Ketyer, MD, PSR Pennsylvania.
Safety Setback to Limit Oil Lines Passes
LA Progressive article quoting Martha Dina Argüello, PSR-Los Angeles.
Conservation groups say state regulators are allowing power plant developers to avoid carbon fees
Article in The Oregonian quoting Damon Motz-Storey, Oregon PSR.
Replacing Gas with Electric Power
Furnaces that burn fossil (“natural”) gas help drive climate change and pollute the air. Electric heat pumps provide a clean, efficient alternative. Watch this video from PSR/Pennsylvania to learn more.
Pennsylvania Regulators Won’t Say Where 66% of Landfill Leachate w/ Radioactive Material From Fracking is Going… “It’s Private”
Public Herald article quoting PSR Pennsylvania’s Laura Dagley.
Environmental Justice: Oil bankruptcies require a just transition (worker retraining and toxic cleanups)
Red, Green, and Blue article quoting Martha Argüello, Executive Director of PSR-Los Angeles.
Tell Congress: Stop Fossil Fuel Bailouts during the COVID-19 Pandemic!
INACTIVE – Urge your senators and representative to cosponsor and pass the ReWIND Act and block a fossil fuel bailout.