Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

OPSR Statement on President Trump’s Decision to Resume Nuclear Testing

(Portland, OR) – Yesterday, President Trump announced that he has ordered the Department of Defense (DOD) to resume nuclear weapons testing. While we take these comments seriously, we must also acknowledge the ignorance and lack of understanding this president has regarding
nuclear weapons.

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility Statement on Military Occupation 
  
For 45 years, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, an organization composed mainly of health professionals and public health advocates, has worked to protect our neighbors, friends, families, and all residents of Portland from the gravest threats to our health and survival: climate change and nuclear weapons. Now we face another immediate threat to our lives and all that we enjoy about living in our great city.

Our Healthy Climate Program Director, Samantha Hernandez, was recently featured in two powerful interviews highlighting the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. She spoke with Climate Reality’s Isabella Garcia about the unprecedented 2021 Heat Dome—now four years behind us—that claimed the lives of over 1000 people in the PNW region, including 100 Oregonians. As we face yet another summer of record-breaking heat, this conversation highlights the growing impact of the climate crisis and underscores the importance of a just energy transition.

It's Pride Month and there are events happening all month long and into September! Find an event near you to gather and celebrate!

We've compiled a list of incredible events around Oregon and in Vancouver, WA that you can attend to connect with community, learn about Juneteenth and Black History in the PNW, and just have a good time! We've also included some of the incredible organizations working in Oregon to support the Black community and fight for liberation.

Listen to Jan Haaken and Patricia Kullberg talk about how the rules and regulations governing industrial emissions of airborne toxics are structured more to facilitate industrial operations than to protect the public health on KBOO's Old Mole Variety Hour.

Listen on KBOO's website here!

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. 

Listen here!

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.