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San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility organizes health professionals to defend health and demand racial, social, and environmental justice.
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😡😡😡😡E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ACTION! On Sat. MARCH 15: Send Postcards to Trump! #TheIdesofTrump The idea is to BURY the White House post office with perhaps millions of postcards from across the country and the globe—informing Donald of our opposition. PLS REPOST this action. LEARN MORE: www.sfbaypsr.org/take-action/...

RALLY TODAY: Tues. 3/11, 4:30pm, in-person, Richmond, CA. California to Invest in Communities, Not Fossil Fuels: Goals: CA pensions invest in communities; pass Make Polluters Pay; CA invest in fossil free rebuilding in LA fire zone. RSVP 4 DETAILS: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

US will be ‘central’ to climate fight even without Trump, says Cop30 president www.theguardian.com/environment/...

USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The media does a great job of telling us all that methane emissions are down in US oil and gas production and one of their big unsubstantiated claims is that oil and gas producers are actively working to address the issue. There is no evidence for that. Quite the opposite, actually.

Huge crowd on Friday 3/7! Standing Up for Science rally at SF City Hall with scientists and health professionals (SF Bay PSR!) from UCSF, USF, Stanford, Kaiser, DPH, EPA, NOAA, and many more! Read policy goals here: standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-g...

Switzerland told it must do better on climate after older women’s ECHR win www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Curious about microplastics? What does the science say? Find out from two of the best studying this problem. www.akaction.org/webinars/202...

Big oil is waging ‘biggest campaign of political interference in US history’, senator says www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Stand Up for Science Rally! Join SF Bay PSR this Friday, 3/7, 1-3pm in front of San Francisco City Hall! Wear your white coat if you have one for work. READ MORE: standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-g...

‪ The amazing Physicians for Social Responsibility San Francisco team at the Our Planet, Our Health: 2025 Climate Action Convention this past weekend in DC. We are standing strong together for peace, justice, a healthy climate, and a healthy democracy. READ more & Sign Up for News: www.sfbaypsr.org

The amazing Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles (www.psrla.org), www.preventnuclearwar.org team at the UN this week attending the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons #3MSP working to abolish nuclear weapons alongside impacted communities from around the world.

🆕 🆕 🆕 🆕 🆕 🆕 🆕 🆕 🆕 🆕 Americans Are Increasingly Aware That Climate Change Is Harming Their Health insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...

📣 The March Building Decarb Digest is out! Find out about NY’s new #ZeroEmission building code for new buildings, CA’s new #Heatpump permitting bill authored by @scottwiener.bsky.social, and the latest #BuildingDecarb policy news from CO, MA, MD, MN & WA: #EnergySky #GreenSky

We CAN prevail against Trump/Musk www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u... federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-news...

BREAKING: @campaignlegal.org @ucsusa.bsky.social @jacl-national.bsky.social & Sierra Club have filed a lawsuit challenging Elon Musk and DOGE's unlawful & devastating funding & staffing cuts to the U.S. National Park Service & Forest Service www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

As electricity demand grows, upgrading appliances, retrofitting buildings, and making use of excess heat with available technologies can help businesses, industries, and individuals save energy and money, all while maintaining productivity. bit.ly/4bpJliJ

Accurate data are essential to public and environmental health. Government data are owned by the taxpayers. To protect people from harmful chemicals, the new administration must ensure data are up to date and publicly available. prhe.ucsf.edu/sites/g/file...

Exposure to combination of pesticides increases childhood cancer risk – study www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Clean Water Act undermined! US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: A team of experts, led by PRHE, has developed recommendations for the new administration to prioritize science and health. They include to safeguard scientific integrity and stop corporate interference in regulatory decision-making. prhe.ucsf.edu

Environmental groups and organic farmers are suing the USDA for scrubbing vital climate resources and information from its website. “We don’t have access to that, we’re not going to make it.”

CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel. It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cdc-wh...

WEEKEND READING: Critics say Trump’s executive orders to reshape the NIH ‘will kill’ Americans. Executive orders’ impact on premier medical research agency has resulted in delayed projects and frozen funding. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

WEEKEND READING: Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Fossil fuel corporations are fueling the climate crisis and padding their bottom line while Californians are paying with their communities, health, and lives. CA must support #SB222 to #MakePollutersPay for decades of climate damages and denial #CALeg calmatters.org/commentary/2...

We are experiencing unprecedented times. Together we can respond by educating ourselves, working on advocacy projects, and making our voices heard. Join us! Sign up for our email newsletter and find more Events and Reading here: www.sfbaypsr.org/take-action/...

Join us Friday, 3/7, 1-3pm, Rally: Stand Up for Science! Civic Center Plaza, 335 McAllister Street. "Science is for everyone. Science keeps us safe, and enables us to live longer, healthier lives." standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-g...

Tuesday, 3/11, 4:30pm, Rally: CA to Invest in Communities, Not Fossil Fuels. Richmond, CA. READ more and RSVP for more details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ahead of #OurPlanetOurHealth: 2025 Climate Action Convention, leaders of the planning organizations have put out a statement on our shared commitment to a sustainable, resilient, and healthy future for all communities. Read it here ⬇️

PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOAA helps alert us to wildfires, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events, as well as updating us on the climate crisis. secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote...

The last and most important component of a successful clean energy hub: the decarbonization projects they facilitate. To learn more about decarb projects happening now, visit: bit.ly/3FbrBvh

‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Cop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enough www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The US is destroying climate progress. Here’s a strategy to win over the right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Elimination of federal climate tools: EJ advocates say tools to study pollution in vulnerable communities by companies, including xAI and SpaceX, have disappeared www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Help each other! Southern California residents can save money by switching to a heat pump — even without current federal incentives AND help improve their communities' health by reducing air pollution! rmi.org/heat-pumps-r...

Health Professionals applaud NEW Climate Superfund Act, #AB1243 & #SB684 by @dawnaddis.bsky.social and Senator Menjivar. It will hold Big Oil accountable for the damage they’ve caused to our communities, health & climate. #MakePollutersPay lastchancealliance.org/advocates-ap...

The world is watching—This article from the @theguardian.com is a must-read! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‪ NEW REPORT: Don’t Bank on the Bomb: At Great Cost, 260 financial institutions finance 24 nuclear weapon producers. READ more @nuclearban.bsky.social : www.dontbankonthebomb.com/wp-content/u...

WEEKEND READING: How California can advance affordability, clean air, and safer homes in 2025: buildingdecarb.org/how-californ...

Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say!?!??!? www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences David J.X. Gonzalez on the recent Martinez refinery fire and its resulting health hazards: "This is something that people living near the refinery have been calling attention to for a long time.” Read more: bit.ly/3Q5HmGp #EnvironmentalHealth #PublicHealth