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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.

Remembering Rep. Grijalva   

March 19, 2025

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

89 Seconds to the Apocalypse

February 3, 2025

“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.

The horrifying potential of global nuclear catastrophe

December 22, 2024

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

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.

Compensation Begins: A look back at the beginnings of RECA

May 23, 2024

Passed by the Senate in March, bi-partisan supporters of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) are pushing hard to get the House to vote on its fate before June 7,…

Staying Safe and Cool with PSR Arizona’s ‘Building Resilient Neighborhoods’

April 29, 2024

For more than a decade, PSR Arizona’s Building Resilient Neighborhoods (BRN) has kept Tucsonans safe from the heat through both Zoom and in-person workshops. Two-to-three hours in length, with workbooks…

It takes a neighborhood to survive the new heat

April 16, 2024

Op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star by PSR Arizona’s Karen Peterson, discussing our work on climate resilience.