Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility Action Fund
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📷: A building in the Bel Air Courthouse Historic District of Harford County, Maryland. Photo by Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4qJ8bAt).
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📷: A building in the Bel Air Courthouse Historic District of Harford County, Maryland. Photo by Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4qJ8bAt).
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. . . facilities like this from being built in communities like Harford County that already have a concentration of toxic pollution.
More information: bit.ly/naturalgasmaryland
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More information: bit.ly/naturalgasmaryland
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Natural gas plant proposed for Harford County can get expedited review, commission says - Maryland Matters
The Public Service Commission gave an initial green light Tuesday to a Constellation Energy proposal for a new natural gas plant in Perryman, moving it to an expedited review approved last year by law...
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. . . facilities like this from being built in communities like Harford County that already have a concentration of toxic pollution.
More information: bit.ly/naturalgasmaryland
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More information: bit.ly/naturalgasmaryland
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Follow us and our friends at @marylandlcv, @cleanwatermd, and the @sierraclubmd to stay up-to-date about how you can oppose this dangerous proposal.
Then, join us in supporting legislation like the CHERISH Act in this year’s state legislative session that would prevent toxic . . .
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Then, join us in supporting legislation like the CHERISH Act in this year’s state legislative session that would prevent toxic . . .
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Natural gas plant proposed for Harford County can get expedited review, commission says - Maryland Matters
The Public Service Commission gave an initial green light Tuesday to a Constellation Energy proposal for a new natural gas plant in Perryman, moving it to an expedited review approved last year by law...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Follow us and our friends at @marylandlcv, @cleanwatermd, and the @sierraclubmd to stay up-to-date about how you can oppose this dangerous proposal.
Then, join us in supporting legislation like the CHERISH Act in this year’s state legislative session that would prevent toxic . . .
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Then, join us in supporting legislation like the CHERISH Act in this year’s state legislative session that would prevent toxic . . .
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. . . and more expensive to roll out than clean energy.
As health professionals, we know the health effects that proposals like this can cause. The air pollution from fossil gas increases the number of people who die or get sick, as do the planet-heating effects of the plants’ emissions.
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As health professionals, we know the health effects that proposals like this can cause. The air pollution from fossil gas increases the number of people who die or get sick, as do the planet-heating effects of the plants’ emissions.
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Natural gas plant proposed for Harford County can get expedited review, commission says - Maryland Matters
The Public Service Commission gave an initial green light Tuesday to a Constellation Energy proposal for a new natural gas plant in Perryman, moving it to an expedited review approved last year by law...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:48 PM
. . . and more expensive to roll out than clean energy.
As health professionals, we know the health effects that proposals like this can cause. The air pollution from fossil gas increases the number of people who die or get sick, as do the planet-heating effects of the plants’ emissions.
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As health professionals, we know the health effects that proposals like this can cause. The air pollution from fossil gas increases the number of people who die or get sick, as do the planet-heating effects of the plants’ emissions.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Read more about these bills here (bit.ly/mdmattersreparations) and here (bit.ly/mdmattersenergy), and then call your member of the General Assembly to thank them if they voted for these bills (bit.ly/mdfindlegislator).
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Legislature overrides Moore’s veto, approves creation of reparations commission - Maryland Matters
It took years to pass -- and another eight months to override the governor's veto -- but lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that creates a Maryland Reparations Commission.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Read more about these bills here (bit.ly/mdmattersreparations) and here (bit.ly/mdmattersenergy), and then call your member of the General Assembly to thank them if they voted for these bills (bit.ly/mdfindlegislator).
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The commission will also make recommendations about appropriate reparations, such as a statement of apology, monetary compensation for descendants of enslaved people or others linked back to enslavement, or social service assistance.
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Legislature overrides Moore’s veto, approves creation of reparations commission - Maryland Matters
It took years to pass -- and another eight months to override the governor's veto -- but lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that creates a Maryland Reparations Commission.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The commission will also make recommendations about appropriate reparations, such as a statement of apology, monetary compensation for descendants of enslaved people or others linked back to enslavement, or social service assistance.
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. . . to pay for some of the damage they’ve caused in Maryland.
☀️ The reparations bill establishes a commission to assess policies that have led to discrimination, and how public and private institutions may have benefitted from them.
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☀️ The reparations bill establishes a commission to assess policies that have led to discrimination, and how public and private institutions may have benefitted from them.
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Legislature overrides Moore’s veto, approves creation of reparations commission - Maryland Matters
It took years to pass -- and another eight months to override the governor's veto -- but lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that creates a Maryland Reparations Commission.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
. . . to pay for some of the damage they’ve caused in Maryland.
☀️ The reparations bill establishes a commission to assess policies that have led to discrimination, and how public and private institutions may have benefitted from them.
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☀️ The reparations bill establishes a commission to assess policies that have led to discrimination, and how public and private institutions may have benefitted from them.
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☀️ The RENEW Act puts Maryland on the road to making Big Oil pay for the destruction their pollution has caused by directing our state government to conduct a study on the costs of climate change, and on whether our state should require the leaders of large fossil fuel companies . . .
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Legislature overrides Moore’s veto, approves creation of reparations commission - Maryland Matters
It took years to pass -- and another eight months to override the governor's veto -- but lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that creates a Maryland Reparations Commission.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
☀️ The RENEW Act puts Maryland on the road to making Big Oil pay for the destruction their pollution has caused by directing our state government to conduct a study on the costs of climate change, and on whether our state should require the leaders of large fossil fuel companies . . .
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. . . to a veto of a bill to study the effects of data centers, as well as a bill to create a commission to study reparations. We’re also very pleased that Gov. Moore is providing $270 to jump-start the study that the RENEW Act initiates.
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Legislature overrides Moore’s veto, approves creation of reparations commission - Maryland Matters
It took years to pass -- and another eight months to override the governor's veto -- but lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that creates a Maryland Reparations Commission.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
. . . to a veto of a bill to study the effects of data centers, as well as a bill to create a commission to study reparations. We’re also very pleased that Gov. Moore is providing $270 to jump-start the study that the RENEW Act initiates.
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📷: A vehicle applying pesticides to a corn field. Photo by PI77 via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4rSabrF).
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📷: A vehicle applying pesticides to a corn field. Photo by PI77 via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4rSabrF).
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. . . introduced in the 119th Congress, and associated efforts to incorporate them into the 2025 Farm Bill.”
Find your member of Congress’ contact information here: www.congress.gov/contact-us
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Find your member of Congress’ contact information here: www.congress.gov/contact-us
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www.congress.gov
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
. . . introduced in the 119th Congress, and associated efforts to incorporate them into the 2025 Farm Bill.”
Find your member of Congress’ contact information here: www.congress.gov/contact-us
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Find your member of Congress’ contact information here: www.congress.gov/contact-us
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. . . member of Congress and tell them,
“I oppose the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act (H.R. 4417/S.2019) and the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act (H.R. 4288). We need to protect local authority on pesticide use. I oppose these bills, any similar legislation . . .
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“I oppose the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act (H.R. 4417/S.2019) and the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act (H.R. 4288). We need to protect local authority on pesticide use. I oppose these bills, any similar legislation . . .
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www.congress.gov
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
. . . member of Congress and tell them,
“I oppose the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act (H.R. 4417/S.2019) and the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act (H.R. 4288). We need to protect local authority on pesticide use. I oppose these bills, any similar legislation . . .
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“I oppose the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act (H.R. 4417/S.2019) and the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act (H.R. 4288). We need to protect local authority on pesticide use. I oppose these bills, any similar legislation . . .
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. . . of the authority to set these more stringent regulations, which could immediately void the local protections in place. We need more protections from dangerous pesticides, not less.
Read more from the National Association of Counties here (bit.ly/nacofarmbill), and then call your . . .
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Read more from the National Association of Counties here (bit.ly/nacofarmbill), and then call your . . .
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Oppose Preemption of County Authority in the 2025 Farm Bill
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. . . of the authority to set these more stringent regulations, which could immediately void the local protections in place. We need more protections from dangerous pesticides, not less.
Read more from the National Association of Counties here (bit.ly/nacofarmbill), and then call your . . .
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Read more from the National Association of Counties here (bit.ly/nacofarmbill), and then call your . . .
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Join Chesapeake PSR today to educate more of our elected leaders about the medical consequences of nuclear weapons. www.chesapeakepsr.org
📷: Senator Angela Alsobrooks. Photo by US Senate via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4oSicKi).
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📷: Senator Angela Alsobrooks. Photo by US Senate via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4oSicKi).
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December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Join Chesapeake PSR today to educate more of our elected leaders about the medical consequences of nuclear weapons. www.chesapeakepsr.org
📷: Senator Angela Alsobrooks. Photo by US Senate via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4oSicKi).
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📷: Senator Angela Alsobrooks. Photo by US Senate via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/4oSicKi).
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. . . having passed resolutions endorsing Back from the Brink’s policy solutions to prevent nuclear war.
This is the leadership we need from our elected leaders to protect our communities.
🛑 We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons.
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This is the leadership we need from our elected leaders to protect our communities.
🛑 We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
. . . having passed resolutions endorsing Back from the Brink’s policy solutions to prevent nuclear war.
This is the leadership we need from our elected leaders to protect our communities.
🛑 We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons.
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This is the leadership we need from our elected leaders to protect our communities.
🛑 We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons.
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And thank you Congressmember Raskin @repraskin for being a co-sponsor of the House version, H. Res. 317!
Our elected leaders from Maryland are representing the people they serve, with Baltimore, the city of Frederick, Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Prince George's County all . . .
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Our elected leaders from Maryland are representing the people they serve, with Baltimore, the city of Frederick, Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Prince George's County all . . .
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December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
And thank you Congressmember Raskin @repraskin for being a co-sponsor of the House version, H. Res. 317!
Our elected leaders from Maryland are representing the people they serve, with Baltimore, the city of Frederick, Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Prince George's County all . . .
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Our elected leaders from Maryland are representing the people they serve, with Baltimore, the city of Frederick, Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Prince George's County all . . .
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📷: Satellite image of Hurricane Irene moving towards the US East Coast in 2011. Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/3Y6guKo).
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📷: Satellite image of Hurricane Irene moving towards the US East Coast in 2011. Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Wikimedia Commons (bit.ly/3Y6guKo).
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. . . and then join our movement to prevent all the harm that we still can by working to end the reign of coal, oil, and gas as soon as we can, including by supporting bills to make Big Oil start to pay for the harm it’s caused: chesapeakepsr.org
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December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
. . . and then join our movement to prevent all the harm that we still can by working to end the reign of coal, oil, and gas as soon as we can, including by supporting bills to make Big Oil start to pay for the harm it’s caused: chesapeakepsr.org
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What would the world look like if the leaders of the oil industry had told the truth and acted on it in 1980?
What will all of us do now that we know the truth?
Learn more about what Big Oil knew about climate change in its own words from Benjamin Frata here (bit.ly/frataclimate) . . .
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What will all of us do now that we know the truth?
Learn more about what Big Oil knew about climate change in its own words from Benjamin Frata here (bit.ly/frataclimate) . . .
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What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Transcripts and internal documents show how the industry shifted from leading research into fossil fuels’ effect on the climate to sowing doubt about science.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What would the world look like if the leaders of the oil industry had told the truth and acted on it in 1980?
What will all of us do now that we know the truth?
Learn more about what Big Oil knew about climate change in its own words from Benjamin Frata here (bit.ly/frataclimate) . . .
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What will all of us do now that we know the truth?
Learn more about what Big Oil knew about climate change in its own words from Benjamin Frata here (bit.ly/frataclimate) . . .
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. . . including for governments to increase global coal production three-fold.
Why did the American Petroleum Institute advocate for our world to become more deeply addicted to coal after learning it would have globally catastrophic effects?
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Why did the American Petroleum Institute advocate for our world to become more deeply addicted to coal after learning it would have globally catastrophic effects?
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What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
Transcripts and internal documents show how the industry shifted from leading research into fossil fuels’ effect on the climate to sowing doubt about science.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
. . . including for governments to increase global coal production three-fold.
Why did the American Petroleum Institute advocate for our world to become more deeply addicted to coal after learning it would have globally catastrophic effects?
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Why did the American Petroleum Institute advocate for our world to become more deeply addicted to coal after learning it would have globally catastrophic effects?
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