Tag: nuclear weapons
Cleaning out the basement of my life
Build a bunker, survive the fallout (but not the blast).
How the US has darkened the nuclear cloud over humanity
A nuclear conflagration is plausible via any one of numerous scenarios.
Decades later, the US government called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘nuclear tests’
U.S. military strategists were eager “to use the bomb first where its effects would not only be politically effective, but also technically measurable.”
Can the nuclear weapons genie be put back in the bottle?
The vehicle today for eliminating nuclear weapons is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, passed at the United Nations by a vote of 122 nations in 2017 - and it's not supported by the U.S., Russia, or China.
Putting the nuclear genie back in the bottle
Can it be done? Can nuclear weapons be abolished?
The numbers BlackRock won’t crunch
A giant with such an enormous appetite should find room for all kinds of facts and figures—but this one’s a bit of a picky eater.
Prophesies, then and now
Whether you’re talking about actual war or potential nuclear catastrophe, it’s certainly looking mighty ugly right now.
We’ve never been closer to nuclear catastrophe—who gains by ignoring it?
Antiwar and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the public’s best interest at heart.
Fusion—and its radioactive and nuclear weapons
“The harsh realities of fusion belie the claims of its proponents of ‘unlimited, clean, safe and cheap energy.'"
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Resistance is alive and well in the United States
In fact, our research shows that street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest.
It’s time: Boycott America
Name-and-shame tactics don’t work with leaders who have no shame. Grab Trump by the wallet—it’s the only language he understands.
Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-communist zealots in Miami don’t like it
But just how committed is Trump to fighting communism in Latin America at this particular moment—in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua?
New state-of-the-art aluminum smelter to increase aluminum production and cut emissions
The Green Aluminum Smelter project, led by Century Aluminum Company, will have the ability to emit 75 percent less climate pollution than the existing aluminum production facilities.
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children—new UN report
The renewed bombing follows repeated violations of the ceasefire terms by Israel.