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Arizona’s Energy Future in the Spotlight

December 1, 2025

PSR Arizona with Climate Tucson is keeping tabs on the new fascination with the nuclear option as the state faces the challenges of data centers, AI, and energy demand grows with the population.

Trump Calls for Immediate Resumption of Nuclear Testing

October 30, 2025

“This will undoubtedly trigger response by other countries that have nuclear weapons.” -Ira Helfand

New Thriller with a Dire Message Now on Netflix

October 26, 2025

Kathryn Bigelow, Oscar-winning director of “The Hurt Locker” and the acclaimed and controversial  “Zero Dark Thirty,” two films about the darkness of modern battle, is now targeting a war she grew up with as a 73-year-old filmmaker: the Cold War and its nuclear legacy. 

PSR Launches 11-week Training on Nuclear Health Risks and Advocacy

October 25, 2025

In April this year, Ira Helfand, co-founder of PSR and past president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), offered a chilling assessment to the audience gathered…

Celebrate National Energy Efficiency Day with Rebates from the Governor’s Office

October 1, 2025

Deals on buying energy- and climate-friendly appliances and other home-related upgrades are still available through the Arizona Clean Energy Hub, a program from Gov. Hobbs’s Office of Resiliency.

Gov. Hobbs Is on a Roll; Celebrate ‘Sun Day’ with Your Wise Elders

September 17, 2025

Gov. Katie Hobbs is preparing the state for the cold and flu season by signing an executive order that counters the FDA crackdown on COVID-19 vaccines, which this year limits availability to people 65 and older or those at “higher risk of severe disease.”

Comment Period Open to Stop EPA’s ‘Climate Cleanse’

August 26, 2025

Groundbreaking and controversial 16 years ago, the EPA’s decision to include greenhouse gases in its list of toxic pollution is today the target of the Trump administration as it moves to erase all mention of GHG from the national energy conversation.

National Heat-Safety Programs Slashed

May 31, 2025

A Dream for a Late Congressman, Trump Plans to Defund OSHA’s New Heat Standards for Outdoor Workers

Gov. Hobbs Uses Her Veto Power Generously

April 29, 2025

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

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.