Webinar: Adding sparkle to your LTE
Issue: climate change | environment & health | federal government | renewable energy
Type: training | video
Submitting a letter to the editor is a good way to voice your views and educate your community. But how to write an LTE that gets published? Watch this training session for advice.
Letter Supporting the People’s Response Act
Issue: health care | social justice
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter signed by PSR and partner groups, asking members of Congress to support the People’s Response Act, which would promote public health and community safety with non-carceral solutions.
Letter on Nuke Subsidies in the Build Back Better Act
Issue: environment & health | federal government | nuclear power
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter signed by PSR and partner groups to the Senate Finance Committee, asking them to remove the $35 billion nuclear production tax credit from the Build Back Better Act.
CDC Budget Letter
Issue: covid | health care
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter to members of Congress on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging adequate funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the FY 2022 budget. The letter was sent by a coalition of state and national health-focused organizations including PSR.
Petition to Phase Down Fossil Fuel Production on Public Lands
Issue: climate change | environment & health | environmental justice | federal government | fracking & methane
Type: letter to policymaker
Petition to President Biden and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland demanding a phase down of fossil fuel production on public lands and waters, signed by a coalition of conservation, environmental justice, public health, indigenous, climate, faith-based, and community non-governmental organizations, including PSR. Download
Letter on National Fracking Ban
Issue: climate change | environment & health | federal government | fracking & methane
Type: letter to policymaker
Letter signed by PSR and partner groups, asking Members of Congress to endorse the Future Generations Protection Act, which would ban fracking nationwide. Download
PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Legislation Tracker
Issue: federal government | foreign policy | nuclear weapons | U.S. nuclear policy
Type: advocacy materials
Do you want to stay on top of nuclear weapons-related legislation moving through Congress but find it difficult to keep track of it all? Well, look no further! PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition (NWA) program maintains a legislation tracker to monitor legislation related to nuclear weapons activities happening within Congress. Updated weekly, we provide the latest … Continue reading PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Legislation Tracker
Webinar: What can the nuclear weapons abolition movement learn from other social justice movements?
Issue: nuclear weapons | social justice
Type: video
The Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) presents the first event of our #DemandAccess campaign. The campaign centers around the idea that “For as long as we fund violence to ‘keep the peace’, our access—to healthy minds, bodies and environments—is Denied.” This event occurred November 3rd, 2021 and was entitled “What … Continue reading Webinar: What can the nuclear weapons abolition movement learn from other social justice movements?
NHTSA Comments
Issue: air pollution | climate change | environment & health | environmental justice | federal government
Type: letter to policymaker
PSR joined partner groups in signing onto these comments to the Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on strengthening fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles, citing the health benefits of improved air quality. Download
Climate Psychiatry 101
Issue: climate change | environment & health | health care
Type: fact sheet
Climate change can affect mental health and increase stress, violence, and suicide. PSR has partnered with the Climate Psychiatry Alliance to share information about the mental health impacts of climate change. Download