COP26: Where Do We Go from Here?
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 PSR Member News, Action Updates, Anti-Nuclear and California Policy Watch, and More During the first two weeks of November, as we watched Congress haggle over Biden’s infrastructure and Build Back Better plans, oil executives testify at congressional hearings attempting to hold them accountable, and world leaders posture at the United ...
SF Bay PSR Board Member Dr. Tom Newman is donating the royalties from his book to PSR
SF Bay PSR Board Member Dr. Tom Newman dedicated his book, Evidence-Based Diagnosis: An Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology, (co-authored by Michael A. Kohn), to his parents, Ed and Carol Newman, in whose honor he is donating his royalties to Physicians for Social Responsibility, in support of its efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Linking Our Movements Against Global Warming and Militarism
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 PSR Member News, Action Updates, Anti-Nuclear and California Policy Watch, and More At a time when we are daily reminded through spreading drought and wildfires, and extreme weather events, that our climate crisis is here and now, we simply cannot afford to continue to squander our resources for another era of ...
BIG NEWS! BAAQMD voted to reduce air pollution and protect community health in the Bay Area!
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Board of Directors voted on July 21 to further reduce particulate matter emissions from petroleum refineries with a yes vote for Regulation 6, Rule 5: Particulate Emissions from Refinery Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Units. The rule is now the most health-protective and stringent regulation of its kind in the ...
PSR Committee Member Dr. Lisa Patel co-authored a module for the American Board of Pediatrics on climate change and health.
PSR Committee Member Dr. Lisa Patel and co-author, Dr. Karina Maher, published a maintenance of certification module for the American Board of Pediatrics on climate change and health. Bravo! To access: 1. Log in to your ABP Portfolio. 2. Under Activity Points, click on the blue My Activities button in the MOC section. 3. Click ...
2021 Policy Focus
MARCH 18, 2021 POLICY WATCH, ACTIONS, EVENTS, READINGS & RESOURCES, AND MORE SF Bay PSR goes beyond policy advocacy with a diverse array of projects designed to nurture a paradigm shift in the way we as a society approach the environment, health, and security. However, policy advocacy is at the heart of our ...