Improving the Built Environment to Reduce Indoor Heat-Related Illnesses and Deaths
Issue: climate change | environment & health
Type: report
Greater Boston PSR Heat waves can produce dangerous indoor heat, especially for people who don’t have or can’t afford air conditioning. Heat pumps can help. Download
Letter on Federal Fossil Fuel Programs
Issue: climate change | environment & health | environmental justice | federal government | fracking & methane
Type: letter to policymaker
A letter to Interior Secretary Debra Haaland, signed by PSR, calling on the Biden administration to undertake a comprehensive environmental review to align federal fossil fuel programs with the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 Celsius. Download
Health Groups Call for Climate and Health Investments in COVID Recovery
Issue: air pollution | climate change | environment & health | environmental justice | federal government
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter to President Biden signed by PSR and partner groups, urging him to support COVID recovery legislation that invests in a healthier future for the nation by cleaning up air pollution, addressing climate change and ensuring environmental justice.
5 Things You Should Know about Climate Change
Issue: climate change | environment & health
Type: fact sheet
It’s real, it’s happening now, and it’s human-caused. OK, you already knew that. Climate change endangers health in so many ways. Rising temperatures can cause heat stroke, increase conditions for formation of ground-level ozone (smog), and create dangerous urban “heat islands.” Heat and drought can reduce crop yields and create conditions for devastating …
Letter to Congress on Clean Energy Investment
Issue: climate change | environment & health | federal government | renewable energy
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter signed by PSR and partner groups, asking Congress to support a broad spectrum of clean-energy investments.
Letter to Congress on Electric Vehicles
Issue: air pollution | climate change | environment & health
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter to members of Congress signed by PSR and partner groups, in support of transitioning the nation to electric vehicles.
Running Out of Time
Issue: climate change | environment & health
Type: report
Why U.S. Health and Life Insurance Companies Should Divest from Fossil Fuels Climate change has emerged in recent decades as a grave threat to human health and the economy. Nevertheless, many health and life insurance companies remain heavily invested in the fossil fuel industry, investments which contradict their mission to protect human health and support …
Webinar: Advancing Green Justice in Washington State
Issue: climate change | environment & health | environmental justice
Type: video
Learn how Washington PSR has placed environmental justice at the heart of its actions to fight climate change and promote clean, healthy renewable energy. Hear too from one of their environmental justice partners: Front & Centered, a statewide coalition rooted in communities of color and people with lower incomes. As thought leaders and organizers on …
Clean Energy Tax Incentive Letter
Issue: air pollution | climate change | environment & health | renewable energy
Type: letter to policymaker
PSR and eight health organizations urge the U.S. Congress to enact a package of strong clean energy tax incentives in 2020, as one of our best opportunities to meaningfully address climate change in the 116th Congress. Investments in clean energy are critical to combating the harmful health effects of air pollution and climate change. Clean …
Climate and Health Risks of Liquified Natural Gas
Issue: air pollution | climate change | environment & health | environmental justice | fracking & methane | safe food & water
Type: report
Read PSR’s report on liquified natural gas (LNG) and its implications for our environment, our health, and our climate.