Mercury and Air Toxics Comments
Issue: air pollution | environment & health | federal government | toxic chemicals
Type: letter to policymaker
Comments from PSR and partner groups opposing the U.S. EPA’s health-endangering proposal to roll back the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).
No First Use Talking Points
Issue: federal government | foreign policy | nuclear weapons
Type: fact sheet
Talking points from PSR on the No First Use Act (H.R. 921/S. 272), which would restrict the United States from using nuclear weapons except in response to a nuclear attack.
No First Use Fact Sheet
Issue: federal government | foreign policy | nuclear weapons
Type: fact sheet
Fact sheet from PSR on the No First Use Act (H.R. 921/S. 272), which would restrict the United States from using nuclear weapons except in response to a nuclear attack.
Webinar: Messaging on the Climate Emergency
Issue: climate change | environment & health
Type: video
How do you talk about climate change without turning off your listener? How can you convey the severe threats that climate change poses, without driving people into either denial or despair? Learn from guest speaker Meighen Speiser what the communications researchers advise about what to say and how to say it. Just named ecoAmerica’s executive …
Webinar: Why We Must Protect Clean Air Act Authority in Climate Legislation
Issue: air pollution | climate change | environment & health | federal government
Type: video
While well-designed federal policy to address the threat of climate change and protect our health is urgently needed, there are some legislative proposals being offered which could effectually undermine the efforts to reduce US carbon pollution. In particular, provisions that weaken or remove the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act to set carbon pollution …
Letter to the Editor Guidelines
Issue: environment & health | fracking & methane
Type: fact sheet
How to produce an effective Letter to the Editor through 2 simple acronyms. Especially useful for writing about fracked gas.
Social Media Guide
Issue:
Type: fact sheet
Basic Instructions for PSR Chapters How to create, use, and maintain social media sites to promote your message to the public.
Webinar: Creating Robust and Effective State Renewable Portfolio Standards
Issue: climate change | environment & health | renewable energy
Type: powerpoint | video
This PSR webinar features three of our chapter experts discussing state renewable energy solutions for the electricity sector. Specifically, they focused on how best to structure an effective state Renewable Portfolio Standard. The speakers covered issues such as: pushing for the strongest targets possible, keeping “dirty” imposters out of the “clean and safe” definition for …
Video: Medical Symposium: Health Impacts of Oil and Gas Development in Colorado
Issue: environment & health | fracking & methane
Type: video
Video from the recent symposium in Fort Collins, CO for health professionals and concerned area residents, focusing on the health impacts of fracking and the substantially enlarged production sites expanding rapidly in the Front Range. The symposium was endorsed by PSR National and the PSR Colorado Working Group participated. Featuring Beth L. Ewaskowitz, PhD, pharmacologist; …
Comments on EPA’s Proposed Methane Leakage Rule Change
Issue: climate change | environment & health | federal government | fracking & methane
Type: letter to policymaker | testimony
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 …