environmental justice

A replicable strategy for mapping air pollution’s community-level health impacts and catalyzing prevention

October 20, 2022

Co-authored by GBPSR member Dr. Phillip J. Landrigan in the Environmental Health Journal

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2021-2022 Accomplishments

June 1, 2022

Our membership made strides over the past year! We were one of six chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility that received Energy Foundation funding to advance the understanding of the…

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Mansfield BOH testimony Peabody Peaker NG plant and compressor

December 6, 2021

Testimony from Greater Boston PSR Chair of the Board Dr. Brita Lundberg to the Mansfield Board of Health.

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Long-term exposure to permissible concentrations of air pollution linked with increased mortality risk

October 8, 2021

MDLinx – Exposure to low concentrations of air pollution, even at levels permitted under federal regulations, may be causing tens of thousands of early deaths each year among elderly people and other vulnerable groups in the U.S., according to a large national study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Toxin Assessment Renews Environmental Justice Questions at Weymouth Compressor Station

September 27, 2021

Article from RTO Insider citing GBPSR research.

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Climate Conversations: Science and Stories

August 23, 2021

GBPSR Chair Brita Lundberg shared the stage with scientists and storytellers at this monthly international webinar called CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS: Science and Stories. Winona LaDuke spoke about the environmental and climate…

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Stop the Enbridge Ecocide!

July 6, 2021

The Nation – From Minnesota to Massachusetts, the Canadian pipeline company is engaged in crimes against humanity and the earth—abetted by state power.

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Enough Is Enough. It’s Time To Shut Down The Weymouth Compressor

June 4, 2021
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Why A Federal Order In The Weymouth Compressor Case Has The Natural Gas World Worried

March 19, 2021

Article from Earthwhile/WBUR citing GBPSR’s opposition to the compressor station in Weymouth.

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Not Just Another Pipeline

December 28, 2020

New York Times – The expansion of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline is a breathtaking betrayal of Minnesota’s Indigenous communities — and the environment.

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