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Arizona’s Energy Future in the Spotlight

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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

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

New Thriller with a Dire Message Now on Netflix

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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.

RECA Passes in Trump’s Big Bill

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RECA survivors, supporters, and their champions in Congress not only got the bill reauthorized in Trump’s “OBBBA” spending tome but its reach has been expanded from the currently covered 41,000 to more than 125,000 people who are now eligible to apply.

National Heat-Safety Programs Slashed

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

When the Radiation Stopped Falling from the Skies

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As we approach 80 years from the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it is worth looking back at how a small group of determined activists in the US and the then-Soviet Union came together and fought successfully to end atmospheric testing.

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