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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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


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 17, 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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Oct 11, 20233 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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Oct 3, 20232 min read
 
 


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
 
 


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
 
 


Introducing PSR PA's 'Community Voices'
Pennsylvania is the 2nd largest gas and coal producing state in the country, as well as home to other industries like steelmaking,...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Aug 31, 20233 min read
 
 


PSR PA Supports Chester Community Asking LNG Task Force Members:
"If this LNG Terminal would be so great, why don't you want it in your neighborhood?" On Tuesday Aug 22, three staff members and Board...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Aug 30, 20234 min read
 
 


Pitt Drops A Bombshell
Leading up to Tuesday evening’s big reveal by University of Pittsburgh researchers and the Pennsylvania Department of Health on the...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Aug 17, 20237 min read
 
 
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