Cougar Creek Fire 2018: Photo by Kari Greer
“Those who have contributed the least to climate change are suffering the most.” — Rev. Dr. William J. Barber
Physicians for Social Responsibility is an organization of health professionals who deploy the values and expertise of public health to protect the climate, end the nuclear threat, promote peace and advance justice. Patricia Kullberg is a member of Oregon PSR’s Healthy Climate Action Team. She helps to research pressing climate issues, design educational programs, and advocate for policy changes that will help mitigate climate change disaster.
Methanol Refineries, Citizen Scientists and Doughnuts
How citizen scientists challenged the junk science of a major fossil fuel corporation and won. An opinion piece published in Street Roots and forthcoming in Science for the People.
Published December 2020
Don't use 'junk' science to guide policy
“Science that is outdated, manipulated, cherry-picked or lacking in evidence is junk science. It often is deployed by polluting industries to bamboozle the public into supporting bad policy choices.” An op-ed in opposition to the air quality permit renewal for the Covanta trash incinerator outside Salem, Oregon.
Published January 2, 2020
Radioactive Fracking Waste a Threat to Public Health
An op-ed published in the East Oregonian about the illegal dumping of radioactive fracking waste at the Arlington landfill in Eastern Oregon.
Published February 26, 2020
Fracked Gas Infrastructure: A Threat to Healthy Communities
A comprehensive report on the environmental, economic, cultural and health consequences of the fracked gas industry drive to turn the Pacific Northwest into a hub for transport, storage, refinement and export of fracked gas.
Published June 2019 (Co-author)
Health Equity and the Portland Clean Energy Initiative
A report on racial and economic health disparities in Portland and how the Portland Clean Energy Initiative will benefit the health of Portland’s low-income residents and people of color.
Published October, 2018