“Eliminating nuclear weapons is the only guarantee they will never be used,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. The head of the United Nations issued a stark warning Monday that global geopolitical conflicts and escalating military tensions between nuclear-armed powers have pushed humanity to the brink of self-destruction—a looming catastrophe that can only be avoided by […]
Another official responded to Western sanctions by suggesting that Russia could reclaim Alaska. A top Kremlin official responded Wednesday to the U.S.-backed effort to investigate war crimes perpetrated by Russian forces invading Ukraine by warning that Americans could face retribution for their hypocrisy in the form of thermonuclear annihilation. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who currently serves as […]
“The United States has a—sadly—unique perspective on the human consequences of the production, testing, and use of nuclear weapons,” the four lawmakers assert. Amid the looming threat of nuclear escalation in Ukraine, a group of U.S. congressional Democrats on Friday urged the Biden administration to send delegates to a key upcoming nuclear disarmament summit in Austria. […]
“Diablo Canyon is dangerous, dirty, and expensive,” a coalition of environmental organizations said in a letter to California’s Democratic governor. “It must retire as planned.” The head of a leading green group on Wednesday joined a coalition of environmental organizations in opposing the extended operation of an aging California nuclear power plant slated to shut down […]