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Physician for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania
4 days ago3 min read
LNG Expansion a Bum Deal for Northeastern PA
The December 17th Department of Energy report shows that increasing liquified natural gas (LNG) exports inarguably goes against the...
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Dr Robert Little,
4 days ago2 min read
There must be more oversight of dangerous fracking wastewater in Pennsylvania
“There is no oversight,” says Robert Green, who works in southwestern Pennsylvania in an industry that insures that pipelines can...
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Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 26, 20243 min read
An Urgent Letter to Women of the Green Party
As an organization representing medical professionals, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA) asks women of the Green...
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Matthew Shorraw
Nov 26, 20242 min read
Transforming Pennsylvania's Environmental Landscape with the Environmental Movement Assembly (EMA)
Pennsylvania stands at a pivotal crossroads in its environmental journey. As climate change accelerates and negligent industrial...
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Linnea Bond
Nov 18, 20245 min read
Hydrogen Economy and Proposed Hydrogen Blending Health Concerns
Letter to Governor Shapiro Governor Shapiro: We write to you today as physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals committed to...
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Matthew Shorraw
Oct 15, 20249 min read
Pollution in PA: Read before you vote!
With fewer than 25 days until US Election Day on November 5th, there are urgent environmental issues facing voters in Pennsylvania....
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Kate Krauss
Jul 25, 20247 min read
Governor Josh Shapiro and the Fossil Fuel Industry: Abandoning Climate Science for Industry Support
As Pennsylvania's Attorney General, Josh Shapiro championed clean air and water. He promoted a 2020 Grand Jury report that found the...
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tonyehn
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Carbon capture bill violates property rights
Deep underground are microscopic areas of space between grains of rock that can absorb and hold liquids. The oil and gas industry wants...
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Linnea Bond
Jun 27, 20243 min read
Team Effort Secures $5 Million for Built To Last - THANK YOU!
On June 6, Mayor Parker and City Council passed the 2025 Philadelphia city budget - including $5 million dollars for the Built To Last...
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Kate Krauss
May 30, 20242 min read
Justin Nobel and Petroleum-238
PSR PA recently hosted the Philadelphia launch and discussion of science journalist Justin Nobel's new book Petroleum-238 at The Wooden...
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tonyehn
Apr 25, 202410 min read
This is What Energy Democracy Looks Like
When you sign up for electricity from PECO, how much of that energy is coming from renewable sources like solar? Although almost 80% of...
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Kate Krauss
Feb 23, 20241 min read
Help us raise funds to independently test drilling fluid found in Marsh Creek wetlands after failed remediation of spill by Mariner East Pipeline Project
This month, after reports of gas drilling fluid surfacing in the protected wetland inside Chester County, Pennsylvania’s Marsh Creek...
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Tammy Murphy
Dec 1, 20235 min read
Minimizing Risk & Harm: Preparing for Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Future
For December 4th hearing at the East Vincent Township Building. Senators, thank you for inviting me to speak on this important issue....
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Dr Robert Little,
Nov 28, 20232 min read
We must act to curb black lung disease | PennLive letters
As a retired family doctor, I’ve seen the suffering faced by patients fighting lung disease. Coal Worker’s pneumoconiosis, or “black...
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PSR PA
Nov 7, 20233 min read
Gov Shapiro’s Announcement of CNX Partnership is Less Radical Transparency and More the Same as it Ever Was
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania wholeheartedly supports Governor Shapiro’s instructions to the Pennsylvania Department...
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Linnea Bond
Nov 7, 20231 min read
Hydrogen blending not the answer
It is no surprise that Columbia Gas is testing hydrogen blending in gas appliances, despite the fact that scientists are warning...
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Cindy Lee Russell, M.D.
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Safe Technology in Schools 2023
Digital and wireless technologies have benefits for students but also create a complex set of risks which include mental health, adverse...
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Pouné Saberi, MD
Oct 16, 20233 min read
The rise of climate change related deaths
In 2022 Four siblings between ages 8 and 1 drowned in a catastrophic Kentucky flood when they were swept from parents’ arms. The parents...
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Scranton Times Tribune
Oct 11, 20233 min read
DEP to get and earful at the University of Scranton
Politicians, policymakers and much of the public have largely ignored dire warnings about the disastrous consequences of climate change...
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Marie Demarco
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Pennsylvania Climate Convergence
On October 1st and 2nd PSR PA participated in the Pennsylvania Climate Convergence in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the State Capitol...
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