SF Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility, SFBayPSR.org
@sfbaypsr.bsky.social
San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility organizes health professionals and advocates to defend health and demand racial, social, and environmental justice.
SF Bay PSR is THRILLED to host Skye Perryman as our GALA keynote speaker on Sept 30! Democracy Forward is the national leader using the law to build collective power and advance equity, justice, democracy, and HEALTH.
Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · last wk.Remember: When we fight, we win. Dozens of our brave clients have proved in court that we have the power to successfully stand up against this admin’s unlawful actions.
More weekend reading: We must use all the legal tools we can to hold polluters accountable for destroying our planet and our children's futures: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct
theguardian.com
NEW study finds removing gas stoves in homes may reduce asthma symptoms 2x better than medication. One participant said: “I didn’t realize my gas stove was the issue until I used the electric stove. I now need my inhaler way less often.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find
Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cuts
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A perfect example of why SF Bay PSR works to end nuclear weapons & protect communities from environmental harms including radiation exposure. No more sacrificed communities! Nuclear energy is NOT the answer to our energy and climate crises. apnews.com/article/civi...
5 states offer to accept nuclear waste in exchange for help developing nuclear energy
Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal help to develop nuclear energy and create thousands of jobs.
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Weekend Reading: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness
On that fateful day in 1945, Kondo was just a baby in her mother’s arms. She talks about her father’s newly discovered eye-witness account of the aftermath – and why she decided to continue his work a...
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Weekend Listen: We at SF Bay PSR are so excited about @lauraklivans.bsky.social new podcast/radio show Flipping the Switch on home electrification and affordability! @kqedscience.bsky.social Listen here: www.kqed.org/science/2000...
California Is Transitioning From Fossil Fuels to Electric Power. It’s Going to Get Messy | KQED
KQED’s new series "Flipping the Switch" will explore the costs, challenges and potential fixes as the most populous U.S. state attempts to ditch planet-warming pollution.
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NEW REPORT: The oil and gas industry has known for decades that its wells were releasing far more planet-warming methane than companies acknowledged. They must pay to clean up their own mess. climateintegrity.org/projects/nat...
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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Weekend Listen: An excellent podcast series and this one with Barbara Lee is inspiring.
Back From The Brink@backfrombrink.bsky.social · 2w agoPeople who protest fill the world with possibility. On this final episode, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee & Harvard Professor Marshall Ganz talk about people coming together to create impactful change, and why now is the time to push for nuclear disarmament. preventnuclearwar.org/podcast/
How do we create more health and income equality? Reduce military spending! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The Hegseth budget: defense secretary’s $1.5tn ask reveals military-industrial chaos
The Pentagon head proposed a 44% increase – to second world war levels – while ‘woke’ programs are gutted
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Bravo Brady, Rob, and Stanford for launching this important new program. SF Bay PSR applauds your work, and we are proud to partner with you.
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment@woods.stanford.edu · 4w agoWe're excited to share the launch of ⚡️Electrification for Health (E4H)⚡️, a new program based at the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health with a vision of clean air and power for all. 🔋 Read and watch more about the program: woods.stanford.edu/news/clean-a...
Forecasters predict a record-breaking El Niño this year, bringing an increased likelihood of extreme weather that can impact the health and safety of our communities. Explore our evidence-based resources on staying safe during extreme weather events: wspehsu.ucsf.edu/projects/ext...
Extreme Weather - Western States PEHSU
Program Overview Extreme weather alterations are resulting in more varied temperatures, patterns, and natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, droughts and flooding. These events in addition to overall weather shifts have an impact on children and pregnant people’s health. The WSPEHSU strives to bring awareness to this public health issue and has developed material on […]
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The APHA Annual Meeting and Expo is THE public health event of the year. Register by Sept. 15 before rates increase: vist.ly/5bz3x Join us Nov. 1-4 in San Antonio to: • Meet top experts in the field • Hear the newest public health research • Connect with colleagues, vendors and partners
What should health professionals know about data centers? Join our webinar series to learn about the risks, hear from experts and leave with practical tools for action. Register: vist.ly/5cen5
WEEKEND READING: U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says. An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says (Gift Article)
An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.
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BRAVO to Physicians for Human Rights & SF Bay PSR Board Member Dr. Rohini Haar! PHR & UC Berkeley Human Rights Center released a NEW REPORT: Charting the Crackdown – a first-of-its-kind interactive investigation documenting misuse of crowd-control weapons at protests in US. phr.org/charting-the...
Good news! 100 Nations Back the United Nation's Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons! Read more about this global movement! www.icanw.org?emci=84bbc53...
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One movement. One goal. End Nuclear Weapons
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WEEKEND READING: We cannot wait to talk about climate. Studies show that the majority of Americans are concerned about addressing climate change. www.bostonreview.net/articles/why...
Why Climate Politics Can’t Wait
“Climate hushing” is all the rage among Democrats. That’s a big mistake.
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WEEKEND READING: An investigation from ProPublica and Drilled found that supporters of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) ignored evidence of its limitations, over-promised its effectiveness, and misled the public into believing it is effective. projects.propublica.org/carbon-captu...
Carbon Captured
How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself
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Top Science Panel Backs Research Linking Extreme Weather to Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...
National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
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🗞️ Per @grist.org, "It appears America is falling in love with heat pumps." New data from our Momentum report shows: ⚡ Q1 #HeatPump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32% 🏠 46% of new 2024 housing installed a heat pump 📈 Heat pump sales doubled in 15 yrs Read more: bit.ly/3Roc9Td #EnergySky
The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps
In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.
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NEW - @sunflowerAction just won a major legal fight in their years long lawsuit against #CalGEM. A new ruling from the CA Supreme Court reinforces the importance of multistep CEQA procedure *and* protects Californians from unsafe drilling
Last week, 2 federal appeals courts delivered victories for clean air: The 2nd Circuit upheld NYC & NY state laws to reduce pollution from buildings, while the Ninth Circuit upheld CA’s @SouthCoastAQMD’s clean air rule for large boilers and water heaters. @POLITICO: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
The electrification movement is cooking with gas
California’s push to electrify appliances got a major boost from two federal courts.
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VICTORY! A federal court has upheld the life-saving national soot air quality standard strengthened by the EPA in 2024, rejecting the Trump administration's unprecedented attempt to abandon this critical public health safeguard. The time for implementing the 2024 soot standard is now.
NEW from the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment: “Electrification is one of the fastest and most effective ways to improve our health today, while giving us the livable planet that we all want” woods.stanford.edu/news/clean-a...
Clean air and power starts at home
Electrification for Health is a new Stanford program that aims to accelerate the transition to safer, cleaner electric appliances to protect human health today and support sustainable energy for the f...
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Weekend Read! As the state drafts pipeline rules for projects injecting CO2 underground, environmental groups are pressing for a more thorough assessment of the newly launched operation. insideclimatenews.org/news/0307202...
California’s First Carbon Capture Project Is Up and Running. Environmentalists Are Still Trying To Stop It. - Inside Climate News
As the state drafts pipeline rules for projects injecting CO2 underground, environmental groups are pressing for a more thorough assessment of the newly launched operation.
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Weekend Reading: San Francisco can’t wash its hands of AI’s environmental damage. By Michael Redmond. (Also, a reminder that nuclear energy is not a solution.) www.sfexaminer.com/forum/san-fr...
Weekend Reading: The only way to prepare for nuclear war is to prevent it | Opinion | By Dr. Steve Overman, Dr. Karl Riecken, and Dr. Riley Fisher: www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/opn-...
Weekend Reading: NEW STUDY shows Americans’ awareness of climate change as a health issue has increased, and they trust their health care providers to share this info with them! Climate change is increasingly harming the health of people worldwide: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Widening polarization in Americans’ perception of the health harms of climate change (2014–2024)
Widening polarization in Americans’ perception of the health harms of climate change (2014–2024), Fine, Julia, Ettinger, Joshua, Zakiyyah, Hilyatuz, Yue, Yuan, Kotcher, John, Campbell, Eryn, Thier, Kathryn, Myers, Teresa, Carman, Jennifer, Rosenthal, Seth A, Leiserowitz, Anthony, Maibach, Edward
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