Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR)

WPSR 2026 Lobby Day! Advocacy in Action!

Stop NW Gas Expansion | protect your community from toxic "natural" gas The mission of Stop NW Gas Expansion is to protect our communities in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington from the health, safety, and climate threats of methane gas.

Hey, @murray.senate.gov, @cantwell.senate.gov - WA urges you to say NO to the SPEED Act(S 1894). If passed, our communities will be denied the opportunity to protect ourselves from dangerous fossil fuel projects that threaten our health & safety. Full statement from stopgas.org: bit.ly/speed-act

YouTube video by Washington Physicians WPSR Climate & Health Task Force member Dr. Gail Kouklis Legislative Testimony

WPSR Climate & Health Task Force member Dr. Gail Kouklis provides testimony on the importance of access to cooling during extreme heat.

Use your voice to advocate for health and policy solutions to the gravest threats to health. Join and support us at www.wpsr.org.

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YouTube video by Washington Physicians Adam Lough Legislative Testimony on Ocean Vessel Pollution Feb 2026

WPSR Climate & Health Task Force member Adam Lough provides expert Legislative Testimony on ocean vessel emissions and health - 2026

Use your voice to advocate for health and policy solutions to the gravest threats to health. Join and support us at www.wpsr.org

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YouTube video by Washington Physicians Dr. Chris Covert-Bowlds testifies to the WA legislature on the need for cooling in extreme heat.

WPSR Climate & Health Task Force and board member Dr. Chris Covert-Bowlds provides expert testimony on ocean vessel emissions and health - 2026

Use your voice to advocate for health and policy solutions to the gravest threats to health. Join and support us at www.wpsr.org.

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@uwmedicine.bsky.social Congratulations Kimmy Siebens as a recipient of this year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award. Kimmy is a valued member of the WPSR Economic Inequity and Health Task Force!

Trump should butt out of TransAlta's planned shutdown in WA | Op-Ed The Trump administration is using its fear-based rhetoric playbook, raising the specter of rolling blackouts to justify keeping a Nixon-era coal plant running.

Trump’s move to keep WA’s last coal power plant open past its retirement is a senseless, illegal attack on our state’s environment, health, and economy. We have fought for years to transition from coal to clean energy, and we won't back down.

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You're invited! WPSR's legislative kickoff event is tomorrow January 8th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm!

Join us to learn about WPSR's policy priorities and find out how you can advocate for policies that support health and wellbeing in WA.

Register Today!
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Companies like Exxon knew decades ago their business would mean more fires, floods, & storms. Instead of telling the truth, they deceived us. Now they're cozying up to Trump to evade all accountability. Sign to demand no bailouts for big oil bit.ly/big-oil-immunity-petition-WA

Bombshell: Trailer | American Experience | PBS Watch a preview of Bombshell.

Watch "Bombshell" tonight (free on PBS). Then, get involved in the fight for a nuclear-free future at www.wpsr.org.

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40 years after we won a Nobel for warning of nuclear war, threat returns | Op-Ed Nuclear war creates the ultimate untreatable public health emergency. Prevention is not only the best option, it is the only option.

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For the first time in decades, the foundation of U.S.–Russian nuclear arms control is vanishing. The New START Treaty, which limits deployed nuclear warheads and allows inspections, expires in Feb, with no follow-on agreement in place nor negotiations underway.

From WPSR Board Member Breck Lebegue:

"Washington can build the transport system we deserve: one that gets us where we want to go safely, efficiently and affordably, while supporting healthy people, economy and environment."

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Generosity is a community act, rather than an individual one and we hope you'll join today in supporting WPSR.

Each person’s contribution—no matter how big or small—is essential to powering a community united by a commitment to peace, justice, & health.

www.wpsr.org/donate

Poster reads: A Night of Stories & Upstream Solutions: Homelessness & Health Hosted by WPSR's Economic Inequity & Health Task Force A Free In-Person Event Thursday, November 20th at 6:00-7:30 pm WPSR's Office in El Centro de la Raza 2524 16th Ave S. Room 300 Seattle, WA 98114 RSVP here: wpsr.org/housingevent2025

Only one week until our free in-person event on November 20! We hope to see you there! wpsr.org/housingevent2025

Portland, Dec 3 — The NW Energy Coalition’s Fall Conference tackles energy demand, climate resilience, and transmission planning. Be part of the clean energy conversation. Register: nwenergy.org/featured/fal...

WPSR speaks to UW pre-health students about the imperative of health advocacy, and how to give compelling testimony. We are proud to provide an advocacy home to health-focused activists of all stripes. Visit us and get involved at www.wpsr.org

Archbishop Etienne: the ‘simple yet demanding’ work of peacebuilding in a nuclear-armed world There will be no surviving a nuclear war. “Nuclear war,” said Pope Benedict XVI, “will have no victors—only victims.”

"...The Archdiocese of Seattle is home to the largest stockpile of deployed nuclear weapons anywhere in the world. Los Alamos National Laboratory, where nuclear weapons were first built and tested, is in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. ..."

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Join us for an evening of connection-building, storytelling, and advocacy on Thursday, November 20th at 6:00pm in WPSR's office in El Centro de La Raza in Seattle! wpsr.org/housingevent2025

ISB's Dr. Mary Brunkow Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine READ MORE: isbscience.org/news/press-r...

Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)

Dr. Vin Gupta Keynote at the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala!
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Portland, Dec 3 — The NW Energy Coalition’s Fall Conference tackles energy demand, climate resilience, and transmission planning. Be part of the clean energy conversation. Register: nwenergy.org/featured/fal...

Check out the WPSR Health Justice Gala Live Auction Preview:

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Thank you Beneficial State Bank for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala! event.auctria.com/5ca76dea-13d...

Thank you Beneficial State Bank for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala! event.auctria.com/5ca76dea-13d...

Thank you Washington Center for Nursing for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala! event.auctria.com/5ca76dea-13d...

Thank you SEIU 775 for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala! event.auctria.com/5ca76dea-13d...
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Thank you Ploughshares for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala! event.auctria.com/5ca76dea-13d...
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Thank you Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala! event.auctria.com/5ca76dea-13d...

Thank you Washington Conservation Action for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala! event.auctria.com/5ca76dea-13d...

Thank you Washington State Nurses Association for sponsoring the 2025 WPSR Health Justice Gala!

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