By Shawn Rostker Sunday, July 21, broke the record for the hottest day recorded on Earth in modern times. The following day, that record was broken again. Extreme weather events like this are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity than during any other period of recorded human existence, and the cumulative effects of climate […]
Environment and Climate Change
Op-ed: Planned expansion of Savannah River Site nuclear weapons facility needs environmental commitment
Program Coordinator Emma Sandifer wrote an op-ed in Georgia Recorder on the need for greater environmental oversight on the planned expansion of the Savannah River Site. A nuclear weapons facility along the Georgia-South Carolina border is about to get a lot busier — but before billions of our tax dollars get spent, we need to ask […]
Fact Sheet: Depleted Uranium
What is Depleted Uranium? Depleted uranium (DU) is a toxic heavy metal and the main by-product of uranium enrichment. Uranium left over from the enrichment process is called “depleted” because it has only about one-third as much U-235 as natural uranium. DU is not usable for nuclear weapons as it does not contain enough fissile […]
Biological threats have evolved for the worse, and we are not prepared
By Sophy Macartney Dual-use technologies have been a concern of national security since the 1950s and were originally targeted at preventing the diversion of items with military uses. The scope of dual-use export controls has since shifted toward preventing the covert development of nuclear weapons. But as technology and science developments speed up, the danger […]
‘ARMS CONTROL MATTERS’: STATEMENT ON SETTING THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK TO 90 SECONDS TIL MIDNIGHT
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (JANUARY 24—WASHINGTON) In response to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ annual setting of its symbolic Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight today, the Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation issue the following statement on behalf of Executive Director and […]
