Budget Reconciliation: Where things stand and how you can help
You may have heard of the “Big Beautiful Bill” making its way through Congress right now, but for our climate and health, this bill is anything but. With a House floor vote on budget reconciliation expected as early as this week, we must work to stop this bill in its...
Trump’s 2026 Budget Request Will Harm Health of Americans
For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Knappenberger, pknappenberger@psr.org WASHINGTON – The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request is an assault on health and equity. Many of these cuts are blatant attacks that target the most vulnerable among us, namely people...
Month of Action Roundup
Throughout the month of April, PSR has shared opportunities for our members to speak out for peace, justice, a healthy climate, and a healthy democracy. Through advocacy actions and demonstrations, PSR members around the country stood together to oppose the dangerous...
A thought experiment on Earth Day
by Paige Knappenberger, Director of Environment & Health On Earth Day, I attended the 2025 National Academy of Medicine Climate Summit in DC. During a panel on extreme weather, Dr. David Callaway posed a powerful thought experiment: what if disasters like...
Environmental Justice under attack on Earth Day
Earth Day is meant to celebrate the wonders of this planet and to recommit to our duty to protect it for generations to come. Today, the Trump administration chose this occasion to notify more than 450 Environmental Protection Agency employees focused on environmental...
The results are in. By: Simone Anter, Senior Attorney & Hanford Program Director In 2024, Columbia Riverkeeper requested documentation about proposals related to ...
Nuclear investors see “an industry bubble that is already deflating” Guess who’s making money from the alleged small modular reactor boom? Or rather, ...
At a book talk at Busboys and Poets in DC, Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney, and Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter, laid ...