SUPPORTED SB 582 the Climate Emergency Mitigation, Climate Safe Restoration, and Just Resilience Act of 2021
SUPPORTED SB 582 the Climate Emergency Mitigation, Climate Safe Restoration, and Just Resilience Act of 2021: Signed the Climate Center’s organizational sign on letter in support of SB 582, a bill which strengthens state climate policy by increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets from 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 to a higher threshold for ...
UPDATE: SB 467 Ban Fracking and Other Destructive Oil Extraction Methods and to Require Distance Between Oil Extraction and Homes and Schools
UPDATE May 13, 2021: SF Bay PSR SUPPORTED SB 467: This bill would have banned fracking and created set backs from oil wells to protect communities nearby. But it did not advance through the committee process. We are grateful to VISION-CA for their community-led leadership on this bill and remain committed to passing legislation that ...
SUPPORT: “NO FIRST USE” Nuclear Policy Adoption
PSR Supports “NO FIRST USE” Physicians for Social Responsibility salutes Senator Warren and Representative Smith for their leadership on this issue. Statement by Jeff Carter, PSR National Executive Director: “On April 15, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Adam Smith reintroduced a simple, but profoundly important piece of legislation that, if passed, would make the world ...
SUPPORTED: Win Without War and Public Citizen letter
SUPPORTED: Win Without War and Public Citizen letter In opposition to Biden Administration’s proposed increases to the Pentagon budget, PSR signed on to Public Citizen's letter, and the letter received coverage in Politico: Fresh Appeal to Cut the Pentagon Budget. April 2021
SUPPORT: Various policy proposals to Cut Pentagon Spending
Cut Pentagon Spending In March, Representatives Barbara Lee, Marc Pocan, and Jacob Auchincloss sent a letter from Congress to President Biden, urging that his first budget request to Congress include a REDUCED Pentagon budget. The letter states that “Hundreds of billions of dollars now directed to the military would have greater return if invested in ...
SUPPORT: Investing in Cures Before Missiles Act (ICBM) (Senate: S.982. House: H.R.2227)
Investing in Cures Before Missiles Act (ICBM) (Senate: S.982. House: H.R.2227) Representative Ro Khanna and Senator Ed Markey are working together to introduce this new ICBM Act, which aligns with our Back from the Brink campaign’s call to “cancel enhanced nuclear weapons.” The legislation would essentially redirect funds from destabilizing new weapons systems (such as ...