Legislature’s clean electricity bills good for our health
Letter to the editor on renewable energy legislation in Washington state by Washington PSR’s Dr. Jonathan Witte.
State needs stronger restrictions on what counts as a renewable energy source
Baltimore Sun op-ed by Chesapeake PSR’s Tim Whitehouse on how Maryland’s renewable energy standard allows dirty sources like trash incinerators to claim renewable status, and benefits out of state producers instead of incentivizing local renewables.
Creating Robust and Effective State Renewable Portfolio Standards
PSR recently hosted a webinar with three of our chapter experts discussing state renewable energy solutions for the electricity sector. Watch the webinar here.
Oregon PSR helps pass Portland Clean Energy Initiative
Oregon PSR helped pass the landmark Portland Clean Energy Initiative, the nation’s first-ever clean energy fund for climate justice. The Initiative will raise $30 million annually to invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency, home weatherization, living-wage job training, local sustainable food production and more. Low-income residents and communities of color will be the first beneficiaries. Oregon PSR …
PSR Rejects the Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut the Clean Power Plan
Today President Trump and Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced their proposal to dismantle the Clean Power Plan.
Chesapeake PSR Praised for Clean Energy Work
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 …
AMA Passes Resolution on Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Good news: The American Medical Association has passed a resolution calling on itself to divest from companies that get the majority of their income from fossil fuels. The resolution was written by PSR’s own Todd Sack (PSR National board member and PSR/Florida), and was passed with the help and support of others including Peter Orris …
PSR’s Strategic Plan for 2018
It’s a new year, and PSR is launching powerful programs to prevent nuclear war, fight climate change, and transition our nation to clean renewable energy sources. Here’s a quick overview of the strong work to come in 2018: Security In 2018, PSR will translate the success of the international humanitarian movement to ban nuclear weapons …
Physicians Warn Scrapping the Clean Power Plan Could Result in 10,000s of Preventable Deaths and Illnesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Elana Simon, Communications Manager (202) 587-5232 esimon@psr.org WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the EPA announced the termination of the Clean Power Plan, the most comprehensive piece of climate change policy on the federal level. The policy created viable pathways for states to slash carbon emissions by almost one-third from electricity sectors, …