Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Listen in to KBOO radio's Locus Focus, hosted by Barbara Bernstein to hear Oregon PSR's Healthy Climate Program Director Samantha Hernandez and 350 PDX's Dineen Crowe discuss Zenith's history and impact in Portland, and what you can do to make sure Zenith is not allowed to continue putting our communities and our planet at risk. 

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Will Georgia’s new reactors at Plant Vogtle be the last nuclear reactors ever completed in the United States? It’s a plausible outcome according to a new report, Plant Vogtle: The True Cost of Nuclear Power in the United States, released today by six Georgia consumer and environmental groups.

When considering the impacts of climate change through the lens of equity, it is vital to understand the dynamics of communities most at risk and the role physicians and healthcare professionals can play in community resilience and ensuring the health of community members. Join us for an insightful webinar with Ms. Dana Johnson, Former Senior Director of Strategy and Federal Policy for WE ACT and Chief Movement Advisor of Strategic Movement Collective, will provide a policy perspective that includes a strategic federal legislative agenda with a climate and health equity lens that directly and indirectly impacts community members. Discover how you can contribute to solutions.

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Article originally published in Common Dreams by the Center for Climate Integrity on March 13th, 2025

Advocates Warn that Big Oil Companies Could Revive Efforts to Escape Legal Accountability Under the Trump Administration

We are thrilled to announce that we have an incredible new team member joining Oregon PSR. Matthew Moran (he/him) is our new Membership and Peace & Justice Program Manager. Matthew is bringing an array of experience to our organization and we can’t wait to see all he will do to grow the impact of our organization, build our membership and strengthen our Peace & Justice program. 

Article originally posted in High Country News on March 1, 2025. Written by Amal Ahmmed.

On January 7th, 2025 the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) caved to pressure and granted NXT "Clean" Fuels a water quality certification to expand their dirty diesel infrastructure to the Columbia River Estuary. With this certification DEQ and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek are allowing NXT to build a nonconventional diesel and aviation fuel refinery near Clatskine. Oregon PSR along with many close partners have been advocating against this project due to the massive dangers it poses to human and environmental health. 

Oregon PSR Board Member Andy Harris, MD was recently published in the Willamette Week! His letter to the editor "No Nukes is Good Nukes" was featured in the February 5th, 2025 edition of the newspaper.