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Ira Helfand Pleads Once Again to Heed the Warning Signs of Renewed Threats of Atomic War

April 30, 2025 Comments Off on Ira Helfand Pleads Once Again to Heed the Warning Signs of Renewed Threats of Atomic War

Today, April 30, Dr. Helfand is speaking at the third preparatory meeting of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at UN headquarters in New York City. The treaty is verified by the states involved in perpetuity but is reviewed every five years.

Gov. Hobbs Uses Her Veto Power Generously

April 29, 2025 Comments Off on Gov. Hobbs Uses Her Veto Power Generously

Gov. Hobbs Gives Her Stamp of Disapproval to Small Nuclear Reactors and 51 Other Bills

RECA Remains Somewhere in the Shadows of the ‘Temporary’ US Budget

March 19, 2025 Comments Off on RECA Remains Somewhere in the Shadows of the ‘Temporary’ US Budget

In the chaos that has accompanied the first agonizing days of the Trump Administration, one piece of humanitarian legislation among the hundreds he has quashed continues to be MIA, despite the numerous pleas by victims and lawmakers to bring it back to life: RECA, the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Remembering Rep. Grijalva   

March 19, 2025 Comments Off on Remembering Rep. Grijalva   

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva passed away on March 13 after a long battle with cancer.

Are Small Nuclear Reactors Coming to Arizona?

February 27, 2025 Comments Off on Are Small Nuclear Reactors Coming to Arizona?

Arizona Utilities Seek DOE Funding for Small Nuclear Reactor Projects $900 Million Incentive to Go Small As 2025 began, Arizona’s three largest utilities, Arizona Public Service (APS), Tucson Electric Power…

A Guide to Getting Involved in Solutions

February 6, 2025 Comments Off on A Guide to Getting Involved in Solutions

PSR and its partners are built on a foundation of vigorous community action. It is our mission to protest loudly while doing something tangible — education, training, marching, writing letters — to end the growing number of existential threats to life and public well-being staring us in the face.

89 Seconds to the Apocalypse

February 3, 2025 Comments Off on 89 Seconds to the Apocalypse

“We did not see progress in 2024,” reported Daniel Holz, Science and Security Board chair for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, at today’s unveiling of the Doomsday Clock.

Countdown to Midnight

January 20, 2025 Comments Off on Countdown to Midnight

On Jan. 28, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will tell us what time it is, as recorded by the annual Doomsday Clock, the 78-year-old monitor of how close we are to a nuclear midnight.

The horrifying potential of global nuclear catastrophe

December 22, 2024 Comments Off on The horrifying potential of global nuclear catastrophe

This letter to the editor was written by Dr. Raymond Graap, cofounder, past executive director, and recent chair of the board of PSR Arizona. The letter appeared in the Dec. 22, 2024 edition of the Arizona Daily Star.

Grijalva Resigns from Key House Committee

December 3, 2024 Comments Off on Grijalva Resigns from Key House Committee

Southern Arizona’s champion of climate justice and the environment, Rep. Raúl Grijalva announced yesterday that he will not continue to serve as the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee.