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HB 502 Still Threatens Municipal Rights — Even After Amendments
Pennsylvania’s communities are at a crossroads. Pennsylvania House Bill 502 would create a powerful state board to approve large-scale...

Matthew Shorraw
Jun 24, 20255 min read


Air Monitoring Attacks
Updated: Jun 26 Supporting communities impacted by polluters is the driving force behind PSR PA. Time and again, the money and influence...
Daniel Farmer
Jun 19, 20252 min read


PSR PA calls on the Delaware River Basin Commission to uphold the frack ban
Updated: Jun 26 On June 11th the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) held a commissioners meeting and public comment session in...

Josephine Gingerich
Jun 19, 20253 min read


Cleaner Air, Healthier Communities: How MATS Standards Are Protecting Pennsylvania’s Future
At Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania (PSR PA), we are committed to championing the health of all communities through...

Matthew Shorraw
May 28, 20253 min read


Lithium plans could prove risky
As both a resident of Northeast Pennsylvania and the executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, I was...

Tonyehn Verkitus
May 22, 20252 min read


PSR PA says: “Invest in Public Health in the Philly City Budget”
This week has seen final opportunities for Philadelphians to engage City Council on the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget with public...

Linnea Bond
May 16, 20254 min read


Medicine, Media and Misinformation: Lessons from the Medical Society’s Consortium on Climate and Health
This year for the first time I attended the The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health’s (MSCCH) conference, Our Planet, Our...
Pouné Saberi, MD, MPH
Mar 18, 20255 min read


New Bill to Consider Cumulative Impacts
Pennsylvania is full of communities like Chester, PA, that have endured pollution and health impacts from multiple harmful industries. In...

Linnea Bond
Mar 13, 20255 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...

Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania
Jan 17, 20253 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...
Dr. Robert Little
Jan 13, 20252 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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 26, 20243 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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 26, 20242 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...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Nov 18, 20245 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....

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
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