Balanced Menus Campaign Update

Donors provided important support in August and September to continue and expand the Balanced Menus campaign.  SFPSR staff members Lena Brook and Lucia Sayre have been hard at work on expanding the reach of this project.  “Lena and Lucia have provided significant leadership in the Bay Area to educating and assisting health care facilities to [...]

Email Alert for PSR Senate Global Warming-Energy Letters

Help strengthen U.S. climate and energy legislation

The U.S. Senate will be considering climate change and energy legislation in early September.  Its potential impact on the health and wellbeing of the planet cannot be underestimated. Now is a critical time for health professionals to speak out on the need for strong legislation that confronts the growing threat from climate change [...]

Public Health Expert Dr. Dick Jackson To Speak At DEC. 15th SFPSR Event–Please Join Us

SF Bay Area Physicians For Social Responsibility

December Event
Join Us Monday December 15th at 6:30 PM
-Hear a talk by UCLA Professor and public health expert Dr. Dick Jackson
-Meet SF PSR Staff and Steering Committee
-Mingle with other PSR Members
-Hear about our chapter activities and how to get involved
Where: At the home (1515 16th Ave., SF) of [...]

Climate Change And Peace September 21 At UC Berkeley International House

United Nations International Day of Peace
Climate Change and Peace: Why the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize
Sunday, September 21, 2008
3 to 6pm
International House
2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
ADMISSION FREE / DonationsAccepted
Daniel M. Kammen Keynote Speaker
UC Berkeley Professor: Energy and Resources Group; Goldman School of Public Policy; Co-Director Berkeley Institute on [...]

Globalization and War

In early March, SF Bay PSR President, Robert Gould, MD and other PSR members participated in the 18th World Congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) held in New Delhi. The Congress, organized by the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD), drew approximately 600 participants, including hundreds of medical [...]

New Study: Extreme Weather Events More Frequent Due to Climate Change

On June 19, 2008, the US Climate Change Science Program released a new report, Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate, on past and expected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories. The report projects that more extreme weather events — droughts, heavy downpours, excessive heat, and intense hurricanes [...]

As Guest Commentator in Contra Costa Times, SF PSR Steering Committee Member Dr. Jeff Ritterman Opposes Local Chevron Expansion

In a guest commentary in the Friday 5-2-08 Contra Costa Times, Jeff Ritterman continues his activism opposing a proposed expansion of Chevron in Richmond. Dr. Ritterman has been arguing for several months, in letters to editors, and direct appeals to civic leaders, that the proposed expansion to include the refining of dirtier grades of crude [...]

SF BAY PSR Steering Committee Member Dr. Jeff Ritterman Rallies Municipal Leaders To Oppose Expansion Of Chevron Operation

Dr. Ritterman has been an outspoken opponent of Chevron’s plans to expand their refining capacity to process dirtier grades of crude oil in Richmond. The letter below seeks to rally the decision-makers in Richmond to stand together against a plan that will lead to an increase in environmental contamination and the emission of greenhouse gases:
Dear [...]

UCSF Focus The Nation Symposium Featured On Channel 20–KBWB

Focus The Nation held a national teach-in on global climate change at locations across the country yesterday.
At UCSF Medical Center talks were given by three members of the SF Bay Area PSR steering committee: President Robert Gould, MD, Vice President Gina Solomon, MD, MPH and Tom Newman, MD, MPH.
SF Bay PSR staff manned an information [...]

SF Bay Area PSR Steering Committee Members To Speak At Focus The Nation Symposium

January 31, 2008
Focus The Nation is a national education initiative involving over 1000 institutions seeking solutions to the problem of global climate change. On January 31, 2008 simultaneous educational symposia will be held across the country. One will be held at the UCSF Medical Center, Cole hall, 513 Parnassas Ave., San Francisco. Admission is free, [...]