NEWS & UPDATES
Back from the Brink: Recommitting to the Fight for Nuclear and Racial Justice
PSR-LA played a leading role in the Back from the Brink campaign’s “Organizing to Prevent Nuclear War in the Present Moment,” webcast and conversation on Sept. 10. Over 250 people throughout the country joined us for a spirited event featuring Dr. Vincent Intondi,...
Trump Administration Announces It Is Breaking Santa Susana Field Laboratory Cleanup Agreement
The Trump Administration today issued its Record of Decision (ROD) regarding the cleanup of contamination on NASA’s portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL.) The decision is to violate a legally binding 2010 federal-state agreement that required returning the site to the condition it was in before being polluted. Instead, NASA now plans to walk away from cleaning up the great majority of the contamination, leaving it to continue to migrate offsite. Half a million people live within ten miles of the site.
Job Announcement: Operations Manager
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles (PSR-LA) has experienced significant growth over the past two years and we are currently seeking an Operations Manager who will work closely with the organization’s leadership team to support internal operational...
PSR-LA Statement on the 75th Anniversaries of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
75 years ago today, the United States used the first nuclear weapon in war on the city of Hiroshima, killing over 130,000 people, mostly women, children, and the elderly. Three days later, another bomb was dropped, and a similar fate met the citizens of Nagasaki. By...
Your support is needed for an oil and gas human health and safety buffer!
With your help, we are leading the fight against neighborhood oil drilling on multiple fronts. Yesterday, Los Angeles County announced it is postponing three hearings (originally scheduled for August 5, 11 and 13) on its own oil and gas ordinance revision process....