top of page
Search
Linnea Bond
Apr 8, 20223 min read
PSR PA Collaborator Walks 40 Miles Against Vanguard’s Destructive Investments
On April 18, Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT), who partnered with PSR PA on the Clean Energy and Health Virtual Conference in September...
18 views
Cyril Mychalejko
Mar 30, 20223 min read
Bucks County must band together to ‘Ban the Bomb’
Nobody wins a nuclear war. That’s why the moment we find ourselves in now with Russia's invasion of Ukraine serves as a stark reminder...
57 views
Tonyehn Verkitus and Bonnie Waltch
Mar 29, 20223 min read
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
Everyone has heard about global warming, but few understand how environmental feedback loops amplify the warming even further. With...
40 views
Julie Becker, MA, PhD, MPH
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Announcing OCAREER Certificate Program
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania has developed a certificate to assist practitioners in assessing how climate change is...
77 views
Mid-Atlantic Alliance for Climate and Health
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Sign-on Letter: Mid-Atlantic Alliance for Climate and HealthUpdated
As leaders and members of health professional and environmental organizations in Delaware, South Jersey, and Southeastern Pennsylvania,...
23 views
CHP PA and PSR PA
Mar 1, 20224 min read
Comments on Draft Regulations Addressing Importation / Exportation of Water, Wastewater in the Basin
The Steering Committee of the Concerned Health Professionals of Pennsylvania (CHP PA), an advocacy group concerned about the...
18 views
Sidney Kahn, MD, PhD
Feb 23, 20223 min read
WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
The scale and range of human activities that harm the environment and human health are vast, and many of the most damaging require...
76 views
TONYEHN VERKITUS / BARBARA W. BRANDOM, M.D.
Feb 8, 20222 min read
Nothing 'green' about Nacero plant
Originally Published in the Citizen's Voice 2/1/2022 Editor: The proposed methane-to-gasoline refinery is a false solution to our need to...
94 views
Alan Greenglass, MD
Jan 28, 20223 min read
Mid-Atlantic Alliance on Climate and Health
There are many people and organizations passionate about and working on environmental and climate change issues. The public now generally...
117 views
TONYEHN VERKITUS / BARBARA W. BRANDOM, M.D.
Jan 12, 20223 min read
Nacero plant would endanger residents' health, property values and quality of life
Unlike previously published articles, The Citizens’ Voice published a more critical view of the plans for the $6 billion dollar gasoline...
45 views
Ned Ketyer, MD
Dec 23, 20214 min read
Air Pollution Warning
Some people living and working just a few miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh found it difficult to breathe yesterday: An Air...
30 views
Tonyehn Verkitus
Dec 14, 20212 min read
2021 Year in Review
As we wrap up 2021 and my first year as executive director, I find myself proud of all that our team has accomplished, the path we are...
54 views
Ned Ketyer, MD
Nov 19, 20214 min read
Climate Change Is Scaring Kids
You may be surprised to learn that climate denial isn’t really a thing in the United States anymore. Sure, there are a few people living...
39 views0 comments
Steph Lee and Katherine Crowe
Nov 18, 20212 min read
PSR PA Comments on EPA Draft Strategic Plan
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA) promotes social responsibility by protecting health, the environment and...
22 views
-
Nov 2, 20211 min read
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA) applauds Governor Wolf
Philadelphia, PA - Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA) applauds Governor Wolf for his formal order supporting and...
15 views1 comment
-
Oct 27, 20211 min read
Women Share Views on Climate Change for Drexel's Academy of Natural Sciences
Inspired by the book All We Can Save, a celebration of the feminist climate renaissance, 15 local women, including PSR PA Executive...
13 views1 comment
Alan S. Peterson, M.D.
Oct 27, 20213 min read
Climate and Health
The World Health Organization states that climate change is “the greatest health challenge of the 21st century.” The pope has called...
30 views1 comment
Devneet Kainth
Sep 23, 20212 min read
Cradle to Grave: The Reverberating Health Hazards of Oil and Gas Industry
PSR PA is excited to share a virtual, half-day conference on a very important issue. The event, Cradle to Grave: The Reverberating Health...
239 views1 comment
Devneet Kainth
Sep 7, 20212 min read
PA Local Leaders Call for Build Back Better Budget (BBBB), an Energy & Environmental Justice Bill
From raging wildfires in the West to historic “100-year floods” in the East, the extreme weather events of this summer have offered us a...
23 views2 comments
-
Aug 5, 20214 min read
PA Department of Health Visits Communities and Families Impacted by Shale Gas Development
On July 27, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) visited communities and people impacted by shale gas development (fracking) in...
111 views1 comment
bottom of page