Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility
@chesapeakepsr.bsky.social
Maryland healthcare professionals and allies addressing the gravest threats to our health and survival #ClimateChaos #NuclearWeapons #Racism #Inequity
“While national and state air quality standards have led to significant improvements in air quality over several decades, air pollution remains a leading environmental health risk in the US. Globally, studies estimate that fossil fuel pollution is responsible for between 5 and 8 million deaths..."1/
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“While national and state air quality standards have led to significant improvements in air quality over several decades, air pollution remains a leading environmental health risk in the US. Globally, studies estimate that fossil fuel pollution is responsible for between 5 and 8 million deaths..."1/
The fossil-fueled climate crisis is damaging our lives right now.
“The Chesapeake Bay, which has risen by a foot in the last century, is projected to rise 5 feet over the next 100 years.“ –The Baltimore Sun (bit.ly/baltimoresunclimate)
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“The Chesapeake Bay, which has risen by a foot in the last century, is projected to rise 5 feet over the next 100 years.“ –The Baltimore Sun (bit.ly/baltimoresunclimate)
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November 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The fossil-fueled climate crisis is damaging our lives right now.
“The Chesapeake Bay, which has risen by a foot in the last century, is projected to rise 5 feet over the next 100 years.“ –The Baltimore Sun (bit.ly/baltimoresunclimate)
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“The Chesapeake Bay, which has risen by a foot in the last century, is projected to rise 5 feet over the next 100 years.“ –The Baltimore Sun (bit.ly/baltimoresunclimate)
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We were honored to have Linda Pentz Gunter speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Ms. Gunter founded international advocacy organization Beyond Nuclear . . .
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Ms. Gunter founded international advocacy organization Beyond Nuclear . . .
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October 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We were honored to have Linda Pentz Gunter speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Ms. Gunter founded international advocacy organization Beyond Nuclear . . .
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Ms. Gunter founded international advocacy organization Beyond Nuclear . . .
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We were honored to have Leslie Sussan speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
When Ms. Sussan’s father requested that his ashes be buried in Hiroshima . . .
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When Ms. Sussan’s father requested that his ashes be buried in Hiroshima . . .
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October 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We were honored to have Leslie Sussan speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
When Ms. Sussan’s father requested that his ashes be buried in Hiroshima . . .
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When Ms. Sussan’s father requested that his ashes be buried in Hiroshima . . .
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Register now for the Climate, Health, and Policy in Maryland Symposium, happening Tuesday, Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 4 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 2nd Floor in Baltimore. Come spend a day of active learning with climate change and health equity thought leaders . . .
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October 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Register now for the Climate, Health, and Policy in Maryland Symposium, happening Tuesday, Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 4 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 2nd Floor in Baltimore. Come spend a day of active learning with climate change and health equity thought leaders . . .
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⏱️ 2024: The state government of Maryland proposes that CSX enclose the coal dust pile at its Curtis Bay coal terminal in a steel structure to protect the surrounding neighborhood from toxic coal dust blowing into their homes and their bodies.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
⏱️ 2024: The state government of Maryland proposes that CSX enclose the coal dust pile at its Curtis Bay coal terminal in a steel structure to protect the surrounding neighborhood from toxic coal dust blowing into their homes and their bodies.
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In 1959, a leading physicist spoke at a conference of oil executives and explained that, “whenever you burn conventional fuel, you create carbon dioxide. … Its presence in the atmosphere causes a greenhouse effect.” He said if civilization kept burning fossil fuels, sea levels would rise . . .
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October 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In 1959, a leading physicist spoke at a conference of oil executives and explained that, “whenever you burn conventional fuel, you create carbon dioxide. … Its presence in the atmosphere causes a greenhouse effect.” He said if civilization kept burning fossil fuels, sea levels would rise . . .
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What’s the closest the world has come to nuclear war?
There have been many near-misses, but one of the closest calls was 42 years ago today, when a weather anomaly caused a Soviet early warning system to mistakenly detect five incoming US nuclear missiles.
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There have been many near-misses, but one of the closest calls was 42 years ago today, when a weather anomaly caused a Soviet early warning system to mistakenly detect five incoming US nuclear missiles.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
What’s the closest the world has come to nuclear war?
There have been many near-misses, but one of the closest calls was 42 years ago today, when a weather anomaly caused a Soviet early warning system to mistakenly detect five incoming US nuclear missiles.
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There have been many near-misses, but one of the closest calls was 42 years ago today, when a weather anomaly caused a Soviet early warning system to mistakenly detect five incoming US nuclear missiles.
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🇺🇸 United States Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota: “The fact is, in 80 years since [1945], we have only avoided nuclear war by sheer luck. As long as countries possess massive arsenals of world-destroying weapons, the risk of miscalculation and the risk of escalation is eternal.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
🇺🇸 United States Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota: “The fact is, in 80 years since [1945], we have only avoided nuclear war by sheer luck. As long as countries possess massive arsenals of world-destroying weapons, the risk of miscalculation and the risk of escalation is eternal.
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We were honored to have Leslie Sussan speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Ms. Sussan is a lawyer and former administrative appellate judge. Her father was an US military officer . . .
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Ms. Sussan is a lawyer and former administrative appellate judge. Her father was an US military officer . . .
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September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We were honored to have Leslie Sussan speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Ms. Sussan is a lawyer and former administrative appellate judge. Her father was an US military officer . . .
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Ms. Sussan is a lawyer and former administrative appellate judge. Her father was an US military officer . . .
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Did you know that 20 metric tons of plutonium is enough to make about 2,000 nuclear bombs?
The US Department of Energy is planning to provide just that amount of weapons-usable plutonium to private U.S. power companies.
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The US Department of Energy is planning to provide just that amount of weapons-usable plutonium to private U.S. power companies.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Did you know that 20 metric tons of plutonium is enough to make about 2,000 nuclear bombs?
The US Department of Energy is planning to provide just that amount of weapons-usable plutonium to private U.S. power companies.
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The US Department of Energy is planning to provide just that amount of weapons-usable plutonium to private U.S. power companies.
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What would it mean if US EPA administrator Zelden is successful in his attempt to repeal the EPA’s landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare?
🚑 As medical professionals, we know what it would mean, because we see the results . . .
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🚑 As medical professionals, we know what it would mean, because we see the results . . .
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September 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What would it mean if US EPA administrator Zelden is successful in his attempt to repeal the EPA’s landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare?
🚑 As medical professionals, we know what it would mean, because we see the results . . .
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🚑 As medical professionals, we know what it would mean, because we see the results . . .
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Because the Trump administration and the fossil fuel-funded Congress repealed the pro-clean energy parts of the Inflation Reduction Act, the tax credits it provides to those of us buying electric cars, solar panels, and other clean energy products start running out at the end of this month.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Because the Trump administration and the fossil fuel-funded Congress repealed the pro-clean energy parts of the Inflation Reduction Act, the tax credits it provides to those of us buying electric cars, solar panels, and other clean energy products start running out at the end of this month.
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“I urge everyone around the world to create opportunities in your own countries to listen to the testimonies of A-bomb survivors, and to feel, with deep sensitivity, the true inhumanity of nuclear weapons.”
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August 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“I urge everyone around the world to create opportunities in your own countries to listen to the testimonies of A-bomb survivors, and to feel, with deep sensitivity, the true inhumanity of nuclear weapons.”
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🎖️ General Lee Butler’s 8 reasons why nuclear weapons don’t keep us safe 🎖️
General Lee Butler:
➡️ Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Strategic Command
➡️ Oversaw the selection of 12,000 nuclear weapons targets
➡️ Had control of 5,700 active nuclear warheads
📣 Reason # 8 📣
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General Lee Butler:
➡️ Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Strategic Command
➡️ Oversaw the selection of 12,000 nuclear weapons targets
➡️ Had control of 5,700 active nuclear warheads
📣 Reason # 8 📣
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August 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
🎖️ General Lee Butler’s 8 reasons why nuclear weapons don’t keep us safe 🎖️
General Lee Butler:
➡️ Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Strategic Command
➡️ Oversaw the selection of 12,000 nuclear weapons targets
➡️ Had control of 5,700 active nuclear warheads
📣 Reason # 8 📣
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General Lee Butler:
➡️ Former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Strategic Command
➡️ Oversaw the selection of 12,000 nuclear weapons targets
➡️ Had control of 5,700 active nuclear warheads
📣 Reason # 8 📣
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This summer, Howard County became the first county in Maryland to enact the latest international building codes about renewable energy, including requirements for new buildings to be ready to be powered by electricity (instead of the fossil fuels that so often . . .
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August 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This summer, Howard County became the first county in Maryland to enact the latest international building codes about renewable energy, including requirements for new buildings to be ready to be powered by electricity (instead of the fossil fuels that so often . . .
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What can the editors-in-chief of The Lancet, the BMJ, the Medical Journal of Australia, the African Medical Journal, the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, and the Journal of Public Health Policy all agree on?
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August 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What can the editors-in-chief of The Lancet, the BMJ, the Medical Journal of Australia, the African Medical Journal, the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, and the Journal of Public Health Policy all agree on?
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“The history of nuclear power is a tale of economic miscalculation, technological hubris, wishful thinking, political expediency, and corporate malfeasance that resulted in the largest managerial disaster in industrial history.” –Arnie Gundersen, former nuclear executive, nuclear safety expert
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July 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“The history of nuclear power is a tale of economic miscalculation, technological hubris, wishful thinking, political expediency, and corporate malfeasance that resulted in the largest managerial disaster in industrial history.” –Arnie Gundersen, former nuclear executive, nuclear safety expert
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“Regardless of where we live or how we vote, extreme weather puts us all at risk: and we know, without a shadow of a doubt, that it’s getting worse due to climate change.” –Texas climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe
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July 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“Regardless of where we live or how we vote, extreme weather puts us all at risk: and we know, without a shadow of a doubt, that it’s getting worse due to climate change.” –Texas climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe
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Maryland’s new Heat Stress Standards went into effect late last year. They protect indoor and outdoor workers, and are one of the strongest sets of standards of any state. When workers are exposed to a heat index at or above 80 ℉ for more than 15 minutes/hour, the standards require . . .
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July 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Maryland’s new Heat Stress Standards went into effect late last year. They protect indoor and outdoor workers, and are one of the strongest sets of standards of any state. When workers are exposed to a heat index at or above 80 ℉ for more than 15 minutes/hour, the standards require . . .
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The heat wave two weeks ago spiked emergency room visits and led to seven deaths in Maryland, according to the Maryland Department of Health. The American Medical Association estimates that 22,000 people died from heat in the US in the 14 years between 1999 and 2023.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The heat wave two weeks ago spiked emergency room visits and led to seven deaths in Maryland, according to the Maryland Department of Health. The American Medical Association estimates that 22,000 people died from heat in the US in the 14 years between 1999 and 2023.
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Arnie Gundersen, a former nuclear industry executive and expert on nuclear safety, explains why he believes the small modular reactors that are currently all the rage in the nuclear power industry won’t be cheaper or safer than conventional nuclear power plants in a new article.
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July 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Arnie Gundersen, a former nuclear industry executive and expert on nuclear safety, explains why he believes the small modular reactors that are currently all the rage in the nuclear power industry won’t be cheaper or safer than conventional nuclear power plants in a new article.
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The data centers that fuel artificial intelligence pose a threat to our ability to achieve a safe climate, but could artificial intelligence also help us protect the climate and improve our world if it were governed by and for the people?
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July 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The data centers that fuel artificial intelligence pose a threat to our ability to achieve a safe climate, but could artificial intelligence also help us protect the climate and improve our world if it were governed by and for the people?
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Your voice is needed! We have less than 40 days to make our voices heard!
Trump’s EPA is proposing to repeal emission standards on climate-disrupting greenhouse gases from coal- and gas-fired power plants, as well as to weaken limits on mercury pollution from these plants.
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Trump’s EPA is proposing to repeal emission standards on climate-disrupting greenhouse gases from coal- and gas-fired power plants, as well as to weaken limits on mercury pollution from these plants.
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July 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Your voice is needed! We have less than 40 days to make our voices heard!
Trump’s EPA is proposing to repeal emission standards on climate-disrupting greenhouse gases from coal- and gas-fired power plants, as well as to weaken limits on mercury pollution from these plants.
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Trump’s EPA is proposing to repeal emission standards on climate-disrupting greenhouse gases from coal- and gas-fired power plants, as well as to weaken limits on mercury pollution from these plants.
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“In a world teetering on the edge, disarmament is not naïve — it is the only sane path forward.”
– Back from the Brink
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– Back from the Brink
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June 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“In a world teetering on the edge, disarmament is not naïve — it is the only sane path forward.”
– Back from the Brink
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– Back from the Brink
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