Letter to Justin Trudeau: Climate Leadership Means Saying No to Pipelines
Issue: environment & health | environmental justice | fracking & methane
Type: letter to policymaker
As an end-of-month deadline approaches for the fate of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project, PSR along with over 230 civil society groups from 44 countries released an open letter being sent to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to reject the pipeline and instead begin planning for a managed decline of fossil fuel production and …
PSR Comments to BLM Opposing Delay in Methane Standards
Issue: environment & health | federal government | fracking & methane
Type: testimony
PSR’s official comments opposing the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to delay implementation of health-protective standards to reduce methane pollution and waste of natural gas produced on the national’s federal and tribal lands.
Nuclear Weapons Community Cost Calculator
Issue: nuclear weapons
Type: fact sheet | toolkit
Each April, Dr. Bob Dodge, PSR-LA Board Member and co-founder of Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions, calculates the cost of nuclear weapons programs to our communities. See what the costs are in your community.
Webinar: Health Risks of Nuclear Power
Issue: nuclear power
Type: video
As PSR chapters promote the transition to clean renewable energy, some are finding that nuclear power is being proposed as renewable. This webinar explores exactly why nuclear is not clean, not safe and not renewable. Citations Citations for Damon Motz-Storey’s slides EIA – Nuclear Energy Explained Nuclear Regulatory Commission – United States Operating Power Reactors …
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking
Issue: environment & health | fracking & methane
Type: report
The 2018 edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking updates the rapidly expanding evidence indicating harm to health from fracking and methane infrastructure.
Webinar: Methane Pipelines–Dangers to Health
Issue: environment & health | fracking & methane
Type: video
Fracked-gas pipelines carry toxic substances to communities located far from fracking wells. And they leak.
Comments to EPA on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Issue: climate change | environment & health | federal government | renewable energy
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter from PSR and partner groups to the Environmental Protection Agency with comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for State Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Electric Utility Generating Units, urging the EPA to return to the implementation of the Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Saving Energy, Saving Lives
Issue: environment & health | renewable energy
Type: report
The Health Impacts of Avoiding Power Plant Pollution with Energy Efficiency We often hear that energy efficiency saves money and creates jobs, but what do we know about its public health benefits? PSR and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a report, “Saving Energy Saving Lives,” that examines the public health benefits …
Video: Natural Gas Health Impacts Symposium
Issue: environment & health | fracking & methane
Type: video
PSR is proud to have participated in “Natural Gas Infrastructure and Public Health,” a high-powered conference in Boston that brought together university researchers, public health departments and concerned citizens. Watch Environment & Health Director Barbara Gottlieb’s overview presentation here, timestamp 11:10 – 46:05.
Nuclear Posture Review Talking Points
Issue: federal government | nuclear weapons
Type: fact sheet
Background: The United States will develop two types of “tactical” low-yield nuclear warheads. The document claims that building smaller nuclear weapons (Hiroshima-sized) allows the United States to develop a more “credible deterrent” against Russia because smaller nuclear weapons are “more usable.” However, the United States already has low-yield nuclear weapons (air-launched cruise missiles and the …