PSR PennsylvaniaAug 4, 2023
#PSRPA's Linnea Bond & board members Drs. Walter Tsou & Pouné Saberi supported Philly Thrive & SW Philadelphia communities impacted by the #PESRefinery at a public meeting held with Hilco (the new developers of the Bellwether district). The history of injustices & health impacts from the decades of fossil fuel processing were evident & there is still the question of why it took Hilco three years to address community concerns.
PSR PennsylvaniaMar 27, 2023

Leah Thomas aka @GreenGirlLeah is a GenZ environmental activist whose work focuses on the application of intersectionality to environmental justice. Check out her website here https://buff.ly/40fwnNY

She runs Intersectional Environmentalist, a website targeted towards people interested in the relationship between the environment and social justice.

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Leah Thomas

Leah Thomas
PSR PennsylvaniaMar 24, 2023
Join us & @watchdog_sepa for a #TownHall for community members to talk openly, share opinions, and ask burning questions about environmental health. Learn more & register now! https://buff.ly/3ljZq3O #PSRPA #SEPA #Townhall #hybrid #Environment #PublicHealth
PSR PennsylvaniaMar 24, 2023
Check out these amazing photos from @pattichouyoga of last week’s LIHEAPalooza, the first of three Energy Fairs part of the City of Philadelphia's and Energy Coordinating Agency's Neighborhood Energy Center (NEC) Outreach Campaign. #PSRPA #Energy #Philly #Philadelphia #Communities #ActNow #PA #Penn
Show threadPSR PennsylvaniaMar 21, 2023
To commemorate Beattie's work, the 8 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness was renamed the Mollie Beattie Wilderness by the U.S. Congress in 1996.
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Show threadPSR PennsylvaniaMar 21, 2023
During her tenure, she oversaw the addition of 15 new wildlife refuges, and established over 100 new habitat conservation plans. #PSRPA #WomensHistoryMonth #WomeninHistory #Environmentalist #Activist #Advocate #Conservationist #Scientist
PSR PennsylvaniaMar 21, 2023
Mollie Beattie was trained as a forester, worked as a land manager and administrator, and ended her career as the first woman to serve as director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. #PSRPA #WomensHistoryMonth #WomeninHistory #Environmentalist #Activist #Advocate #Conservationist
PSR PennsylvaniaMar 9, 2023
Berta Cáceres was a Honduran activist who fought for the rights of Lenca communities, and other Indigenous communities in Honduras, by tackling environmental issues. In 1993, Cáceres cofounded the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) to challenge the environmental damage caused by mining, illegal logging & dams.
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PSR PennsylvaniaMar 3, 2023

Today is #AfricanEnvironmentDay also celebrated as Dr. Wangari Maathai Day.

Dr. Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan scholar and an internationally recognize environmental and human rights activist.

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PSR PennsylvaniaMar 2, 2023

Rachel Carson, a Pennsylvania native, was born May 27, 1907, on a family farm near Springdale, PA, by the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh. She was a biologist, conservationist and environmentalist.

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