Our Issues and Causes
To avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis, we need to move quickly toward replacing fossil fuels with clean, safe, renewable energy; increase energy efficiency, and electrify our homes and buildings….
We work at the local, state and federal level to support communities in their efforts to mitigate fracking and its harmful impacts through lobbying, educating decision-makers, letters to the editor, testimonies, and seminars…
PSR Colorado joins community groups in calling for the closure of the Wildlife Refuge to the public, the unsealing of all records including the Special Grand Jury6 89-2 records, and a halt to any further development on or near the Rocky Flats site…
Locally, nationally, and globally the climate crisis disproportionately impacts the lives and health of those who are most vulnerable…
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Oil & Gas / Fracking
PSR Colorado works to keep health professionals and the community aware of the most current, factual, and reliable information. We work at the local, state and federal level to support communities in their efforts to mitigate fracking and its harmful impacts through lobbying, educating decision-makers, letters to the editor, testimonies, and seminars…
Medical Symposium
PSR Colorado has organized and presented accredited educational symposia addressing the adverse health effects of oil and gas development.
Our full-day virtual 2020 Medical Symposium: Health Effects of Oil and Gas Development, attended by 150 persons from all parts of the country, had thirteen highly credentialed and inspirational speakers.
Our in-person 2019 Medical Symposium: Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing brought together 200 health professionals, advocates, decision-makers, and concerned citizens.
Compendium
A collection of nearly 2,000 abstracts of medical, scientific and investigative reports about the consequences of oil and gas drilling, fracking, and associated infrastructure.
Presents evidence that these activities are dangerous to public health, the environment, and the climate cycle and a grave environmental justice issue, with communities of color, Indigenous people, and impoverished communities bearing disproportionate harm.
The seventh edition of the fracking “Compendium,” which summarizes and links to an almost encyclopedic compilation of reports, peer-reviewed articles and investigative reporting on fracking’s dangerous impacts on health, has been released.
PSR is proud to partner with Concerned Health Professionals of New York in preparing and rolling out this volume, which highlights factual evidence that fracking for oil and gas hastens climate change and harms human health.
The Compendium—its full name is “Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking (Unconventional Gas and Oil Extraction)”—is an invaluable tool for anyone seeking to understand and convey fracking’s health threats. It provides brief summaries of some 1,500 reports; electronic links facilitate access to source material. Content is divided into sections that include public health, water contamination, air pollution, inherent engineering problems, abandoned wells, pipelines, LNG export, and more.
The Compendium also addresses some of fracking’s widening circles of impact, with sections ranging from flood risks, to earthquakes, to threats to agriculture.
It also examines methane (fracked gas) leaks into the atmosphere, greatly accelerating climate change.
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