Environmental Health Committee: JAN-MARCH 2022 UPDATES

Thank you to our intern Daisy Valdivieso for writing this update! SF Bay PSR EHC Members continue to work energetically on wide-ranging collaborative efforts to engage health professionals and students, health care institutions, and policy makers to address the unceasing threats of our climate to our health. Recent highlights include: Health Professional Education / Curriculum ...

Environmental Health Committee: JAN-MARCH 2022 UPDATES2022-03-07T15:38:48-08:00

BRAVO to all who joined the COP26 global day of action on Saturday, Nov 6!

On Saturday, November 6, SF Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility joined 350 Bay Area, Youth versus Apocalypse, Extinction Rebellion and many others at a multigenerational, youth-led march for a Global Day of Action for Environmental Justice, organized by UK based COP26 Coalition. Bravo to PSR Board Member Dr. Marjaneh Moini and UCSF Medical Student Karly ...

BRAVO to all who joined the COP26 global day of action on Saturday, Nov 6!2022-02-03T15:00:53-08:00

SUPPORTED: SB 47 (Limón) more funds to address hazardous oil wells

SB 47 (Limón) Existing law prohibits CalGEM from spending more than $3 million in any one fiscal year for purposes related to hazardous wells, idle-deserted wells, hazardous facilities, and deserted facilities. This bill will indefinitely raise the cap on spending for these purposes to $5 million in any one fiscal year. Signed by Governor Newsom ...

SUPPORTED: SB 47 (Limón) more funds to address hazardous oil wells2021-11-18T15:56:39-08:00

SUPPORTED: Setbacks from oil wells

Setbacks from oil wells: After much effort to reincarnate last year’s AB 345 as SB 467, a bill to phase out oil and drilling and introduce setbacks for community health, the bill unfortunately did not pass in Senate Committee on Environmental Quality this year. Thanks to efforts by community-based leaders like VISIÓN Coalition, Sierra Club, ...

SUPPORTED: Setbacks from oil wells2021-11-18T16:01:06-08:00

Health Professionals and allies in the San Francisco Bay Area Joined the National Day of Action Calling on President Biden to Stop Construction of Line 3 Fossil-Fuel Pipeline!

Health Professionals Say Climate Change is a Health Crisis and Line 3 Threatens Our Air, Water, and Future Generations. August 17, 2021, a group of 15 health professionals and allies in San Francisco came together peacefully in front of the SF Army Corp of Engineers San Francisco headquarters to stand in solidarity with Indigenous and ...

Health Professionals and allies in the San Francisco Bay Area Joined the National Day of Action Calling on President Biden to Stop Construction of Line 3 Fossil-Fuel Pipeline!2022-02-03T15:04:18-08:00

Protest to demand California EPA and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) take immediate action to protect environmental justice communities

Protest to demand California EPA and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) take immediate action to protect environmental justice communities On August 30, 2021, SF Bay PSR Board Members Drs. Aude Bouagnon and Marjaneh Moini joined environmental justice groups from up and down California to converged on the CalEPA building in downtown Sacramento and ...

Protest to demand California EPA and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) take immediate action to protect environmental justice communities2022-02-03T15:17:16-08:00
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