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Learn more Issues All Issues 1,800 nuclear weapons are on high alert Nuclear Weapons Abolition PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program amplifies the health professional voice to increase and broaden grassroots support for nuclear weapons abolition. Learn More 6 years left to avert the worst effects of climate change, according to the IPCC Environment & Health PSR’s Environment and Health Program amplifies the voices of health professionals to advocate for strong action to avert catastrophic climate change and promote clean, healthy, safe energy. Learn More Recent News All News Significant Wins for Environment & Health in New Biden Administration Rules PSR applauds the Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Agriculture for their recently finalized rules that will help to improve the health of communities nationwide. PSR and our members submitted comments on four of these rules to ensure that they strongly protected public health. Read More about Significant Wins for Environment & Health in New Biden Administration Rules More Than Refrigerators: Energy Star for the Entire Office & Home We all recognize the Energy Star logo on refrigerators and other appliances. But PSR readers may not know that Energy Star is a great tool for the entire healthcare office to save energy and money. Read More about More Than Refrigerators: Energy Star for the Entire Office & Home Midwest PSR board members join tax day protest at Kansas City nuke plant On April 15, tax day, PSR Board members David Drake, DO and Ann Suellentrop, MSRN joined with members of Peaceworks Kansas City and the Catholic Worker to protest nuclear weapons work conducted at Kansas City Nuclear Security Campus. Read More about Midwest PSR board members join tax day protest at Kansas City nuke plant Meeting with the White House on CO2 Pipelines We recently engaged with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on a forthcoming rulemaking from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regarding carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline safety. PSR has called for a moratorium on all CO2 pipeline development due to the dangers of potential leaks and ruptures. Read More about Meeting with the White House on CO2 Pipelines Receive Latest News Subscribe We Need Your Help PSR advocates on the issues you care about by addressing the dangers that threaten communities, using our medical and public health expertise to prevent nuclear war and proliferation, reverse our trajectory towards climate change, protect the public from the harms of fracking and expand clean, renewable energy. Become a Member Give Now Get Involved Featured Report Fracking with Forever Chemicals” in West Virginia Information unearthed and analyzed by PSR shows that since 2013, oil and gas companies have hydraulically fractured or "fracked" some West Virginia natural gas wells with a class of extremely toxic and persistent chemicals known as PFAS. View Report More Resources Events Calendar Jun 1 2024 Seattle Town Hall: Healthcare Not Warfare 2:00 - 5:00 pm PDT in Seattle, WA In a country that spends $877 billion every year on the military, should medical debt be the leading cause of bankruptcy? Join Washington PSR and partners as we take on hard questions about healthcare and our national priorities. Register Climate Change and the Human Health Echo: Environmental Justice and Environmental Toxicities Panel May 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MDT Session six of this biweekly series features a panel discussion on environmental justice. Co-sponsored by PSR National and SF Bay PSR. Air Pollution and Human Health May 20 @ 7:00 pm CDT Texas PSR presents Dr. Poune Saberi on air quality indoors and outdoors, vulnerable populations, and pollution sources in Texas. Book Signing and Discussion with Justin Nobel May 21 @ 7:00 pm EDT 704 South St Philadelphia , PA 19147 United States Justin Nobel, author of the new book Petroleum-238, in conversation with Jamar Thrasher. Sponsored by PSR Pennsylvania. Get Involved PSR has local chapters throughout the United States. Find your local chapter to see how you can help your community. Find Your Local Chapter © 2024 , All Rights Reserved. 1111 14th St NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202.667.4260 | Fax: 202.667.4201 | Email: psrnatl@psr.org Tax ID: 23-7059731 PSR ENVIRONMENT PSR NUCLEAR Scroll To Top Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website...