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!
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As President Biden Takes Office, Groups Double Down on Legal Push to End Fracking on Public Lands
For Immediate Release Lawsuit Targets Sale of More than One Million Acres of Public Lands to Oil and Gas Industry in American West For More Information Contact: Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org Barbara Gottlieb, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (301) 806-6826, bgottlieb@psr.org Shiloh Hernandez, Western Environmental Law Center, (406) 204-4861, hernandez@westernlaw.org Daniel Timmons, WildEarth …
New Analysis of Fracking Science (nearly 2,000 studies) Finds Grave Health, Environmental Justice, and Climate Impacts
Major report from health experts and scientists who have closely assessed a decade of science on fracking reveals alarming trends for people and the environment.
Another Court Win for PSR
In another court win for PSR, a federal court ruled that BLM failed to disclose the climate impacts of leasing public lands for oil and gas extraction in Wyoming.
Another Legal Victory: BLM will Have to Consider Climate Impacts of Fracking on Federal Lands
In another legal victory, PSR and two fellow plaintiffs forced the Bureau of Land Management to consider the climate consequences of fracking on public land in the American West.
“A Nationwide Fracking Ban Would Be Invaluable for Human Health”: Physicians for Social Responsibility Applauds First Proposed Nationwide Ban on Fracking
PSR applauded the first legislative proposal for a nationwide ban on fracking for natural gas. Read our statement on the proposed bill, which would greatly benefit health and the climate.
PSR Sues to Protect Public Lands from Fracking
PSR and an environmental organization filed suit in federal court this month to overturn leases that permit fracking for oil and gas on nearly two million acres of public lands in five western states. PSR joined with WildEarth Guardians to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land …
How things got so fracking bad in Ohio
Article in Salon referencing PSR and Concerned Health Professionals of NY’s fracking science Compendium.
Interview with Regna Merritt, Oregon PSR, 2019 Visionary Leaders Award Recipient
Regna Merritt is an Oregon PSR advisory board member and former Healthy Climate Program Director. We asked her how she came to do this work, what inspires her, and her advice for young people just starting to get involved in advocacy.
Is pollution causing childhood cancers in Canon-McMillan?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article quoting PSR Pennsylvania’s Dr. Ned Ketyer.