Not Just Another Pipeline
New York Times – The expansion of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline is a breathtaking betrayal of Minnesota’s Indigenous communities — and the environment.
Greater Boston PSR Opposes Springfield Biomass Incinerator
Greater Boston PSR statement on the climate and health dangers of the proposed Springfield Biomass Incinerator.
Roxbury Fights For Its Trees
In this radio piece from WGBH News, hear from GBPSR board member Dr. Brita Lundberg and others about how actions that address urban heat islands are invariably anti-racist.
GBPSR board member speaks out in opposition to the removal of the Melnea Cass Boulevard Tree Canopy
GBPSR board member Dr. Brita Lundberg spoke out against a plan to remove 100 trees from Melnea Cass Boulevard, citing air quality, climate change, and health equity.
Doctors highlight climate impacts on hospitals, healthcare
Associated Press article quoting Greater Boston PSR’s Dr. Regina LaRocque.
Massachusetts Medical Society resolution recognizes health link between gas cooking and asthma
The Massachusetts Medical Society approved the resolution on December 7, 2019 recognizing the association between the use of gas stoves, indoor nitrogen dioxide levels, and asthma.
The False Promise of Natural Gas
Article in The New England Journal of Medicine by Greater Boston PSR’s Philip J. Landrigan, MD, Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, and Brita E. Lundberg, MD.
In Weymouth, echoes of Flint
Boston Globe article on the opposition to the Weymouth compressor station.
State regulators blasted for withholding Fore River Basin air data
Patriot Ledger article on Department of Environmental Protection workers withholding air quality data on the Fore River Basin.
Greater Boston PSR Calls for Governor Baker to Extend Air Quality Appeal for Proposed Weymouth Compressor Station
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility today issued a press release calling for Governor Charlie Baker place a hold on issuing the air quality permit to Spectra-Enbridge Energy and extend the appeal hearing process.