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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


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


Press Release on PA DOH & Pitt School of Public Health Study Results
Community & Health Organizations Urge Better Protections for Residents Following Release of PA Health & Environment Studies Results...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Aug 15, 20235 min read


The Big Reveal
In May 2019, David Templeton and Don Hopey published a bombshell report in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette showing a spike in the diagnosis...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Aug 14, 20237 min read


Hydrogen Hubs — Leave Gas in the Ground
Regarding the article “Pa. is competing for billions to build hydrogen hubs. Will they really be green?” (July 25, TribLIVE): Don’t be...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Aug 2, 20231 min read


Submit Your Comment to the EPA on the Proposed Standards to Cut Climate Pollution
We at PSR Pennsylvania and PSR National are seeking your comments for an administrative rulemaking on carbon emissions proposed by the...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Aug 1, 20231 min read


Immediately Put OGI Equipment to Use for Community Safety at Shell Polymers Monaca
Urge PA DEP to use FLIR OGI DEP Southwest Regional Office 400 Waterfront Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Jim Miller, Regional Director Hello,...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jul 28, 20233 min read


Humanity Feels The Heat
Remember those lazy, boring, hot summer days as a kid when a parent or a grandparent told you to go outside and find something to do...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jul 21, 20235 min read


Children at Risk from Wildfires
Weather conditions in southwestern Pennsylvania were as good as they get for early June: temperatures in the mid-70s and sunny with few...

Tonyehn Verkitus
Jun 16, 20235 min read
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