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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 26, 20243 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 26, 20242 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 18, 20245 min read
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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....

Tonyehn Verkitus
Oct 15, 20249 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jul 25, 20247 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jul 3, 20242 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jun 27, 20243 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
May 30, 20242 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Apr 25, 202410 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Feb 23, 20241 min read
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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....

Tonyehn Verkitus
Dec 1, 20235 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 28, 20232 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 7, 20233 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 7, 20231 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Oct 16, 20233 min read
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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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Oct 11, 20233 min read
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Pennsylvania Climate Convergence
On October 1st and 2nd PSR PA participated in the Pennsylvania Climate Convergence in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at the State Capitol...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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March to End Fossil Fuels
It was September 17, 2023 and we are gathered together on a bright sunny day for the March to End Fossil Fuels. The timing was planned...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Sep 18, 20233 min read
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We Know How Bad Fracking Is For Children
Three health studies released last week by the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirm what the...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Sep 11, 20232 min read
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