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How to ignore the CDC's new coronavirus guidelines, in six official White House photos
America’s national health protection agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued updated information yesterday on how COVID-19 is thought to spread. The revised guidelines note that the coronavirus spreads easily from person to person, and most commonly between people in close contact. Nothing new there.
Shell cuts 9,000 jobs as COVID speeds switch to green energy
Shell gas station in Solothurn, Switzerland. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Royal Dutch Shell plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, up to 10 percent of its workforce, as part of a major corporate overhaul to keep pace with the global transition to clean energy.
California’s inmate firefighters turn pro?
Silhouette of municipal firefighter in training. File photo, courtesy of Skeeze/Pixabay Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Inmate firefighters have battled some of California’s most destructive wildfires, including the Thomas Fire, the Mendocino Complex Fire, the Ferguson Fire, and the Camp Fire.
The A1 Verse: Fear and Contagion in Los Angeles
Every so often, a story in the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate to the Bulletin‘s concerns that small snippets of it, properly chosen and arranged, produce something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry. That blessed coincidence occurred today, August 10, 2020. We suspect it’ll occur again. *** Battling 2 Contagions: Coronavirus and Anxiety (from the original by Jo Becker) Radhika Kumar goes to work every morning hoping to save lives.
The Bulletin joins #WorldMaskWeek
Join the Bulletin for World Mask Week Community masking is critical to stop the spread of COVID-19, so we’ve joined forces with the Pandemic Action Network, the CDC Foundation, and other partners in support of World Mask Week, August 7-14, 2020. The initiative encourages people and organizations around the world to rally behind the importance of wearing a mask to stop the spread of COVID-19 during World Mask Week and every week.
National Guard: Between protests and pandemics, no room for hurricane season?
Texas Army National Guard Soldiers prepare to receive patients for COVID-19 tests at a mobile testing team facility at an elementary school, May 21, 2020. US Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Erin Castle Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Mother Jones. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Monday marked the official calendar start of hurricane season.
The New START verification regime: How good is it?
Then-US President Barack Obama and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issue a joint statement announcing their pursuit of a New START treaty in London in April 2009. (White House photo by Pete Souza.) The verification regime of the New START Treaty has again come under fire in recent weeks. As Marshall Billingslea, President Trump’s new special envoy for arms control, said in a recent Washington Times interview, “The Obama administration negotiated a very weak verification regime.
Watch the Doomsday Clock announcement
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will host a live international news conference at 10 a.m. EST/1500 GMT on January 26, 2017, to announce whether the minute hand of the historic “Doomsday Clock” will be adjusted. The decision is made by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists‘ Science and Security Board in consultation with the Board of Sponsors, which includes 15 Nobel Laureates.
Your online guide to the intense debate over no first use
Recent reports suggest that President Obama is considering altering longstanding US nuclear policy by making a “no-first-use” declaration. Is this stabilizing or destabilizing? Does the current policy address current threats, or outdated ones? We’ve assembled some of our best writing on the subject—some recent, some from the archives. In a world in which every major nuclear state is modernizing its nuclear arsenal, your informed opinion about the US nuclear posture is important.
Members of US Congress refuse to benefit from the Iran nuclear deal
Members of the press visit the Arak reactor, June 2019. Photo credit: Tasnim news. Bucking a trend in its maximum pressure campaign, last week the Trump administration decided that it would renew sanctions waivers for Iran’s civil nuclear program. One of those waivers has allowed British and Chinese scientists to help Iran redesign the heavy water reactor at Arak to be used for peaceful purposes.
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg thanks OPEC chief for "greatest threat" label
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Greta Thunberg and other climate activists have said it is a badge of honor that the head of the world’s most powerful oil cartel believes their campaign may be the “greatest threat” to the fossil fuel industry.
A short-lived White House climate “victory”
The Trump campaign plans to brag about how it reduced greenhouse gas emissions in 2017. But 2018, and the overall trend, don’t look so good. In the runup to the 2020 election, the Trump campaign is reportedly drawing up a list of “climate change victories” that it can tout to the record number of Americans who say they care about global warming (including a growing number of Republicans who believe immediate action is needed).
China is rapidly developing its military AI capabilities
Credit: Matt Field. Based in part on photo by Morio CC SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. China may lag behind the US military on metrics like the number of aircraft carriers it has, but it may be able to seize a “leapfrog opportunity” and invest in newer, cheaper weapons that could make carriers obsolete. That’s one conclusion in a new report about China’s well-funded, ambitious goal of becoming a world leader in AI technology.
We're hiring: Assistant Editor
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is hiring an Assistant Editor who will assign, edit, and write magazine articles about nuclear weapons and energy, climate change, and various disruptive technologies that could pose existential threats to human civilization.
“Incidental” nuclear waste: reconceiving a problem won’t make it go away
The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the Vit Plant, covers 65 acres with four nuclear facilities in southeastern Washington state. Credit: Bechtel National The Cold War left many legacies: thousands of nuclear weapons, a large nuclear weapons complex with its attendant personnel and infrastructure—and millions of gallons of dangerously radioactive waste stored in enormous buried tanks at the Hanford Site, Savannah River Site, and Idaho National Laboratory.
US has a (natural) gas problem
Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The burgeoning love affair between Americans and renewable energy is turning into a love triangle with natural gas. That’s one of the findings from the US Energy Information Administration recently released annual forecast.
A Green New Deal must not sabotage climate goals
Recently, 626 organizations—mostly environmental groups, including 350.org and Greenpeace USA—sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to consider a number of principles when crafting climate legislation like a Green New Deal “to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).” Broadly, there were six major principles in the letter: Halt all fossil fuel leasing, phase out all fossil fuel extraction, end fossil fuel and other dirty energy subsidies; transition power...
Forecast: flurries of shivering climate-change deniers
When a cold spell struck the east coast recently, US President Donald Trump tweeted “Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of that good old fashioned Global Warming right now!” The argument he is sarcastically implying and often makes—that global warming isn’t happening because it’s cold outside—possesses an obvious logical flaw. It’s like arguing that the sun no longer exists when it gets dark at night.
From Africa to America, lack of public trust makes disease outbreaks worse
A nurse prepares a measles vaccine. Cases of the disease increased by 30 percent globally from 2016 to 2017. (Photo credit: Pete Lewis / Department for International Development) A public health crisis cannot be solved without trust. People must trust that political leaders have their best interests at heart. They must trust that government policies are based on science and the best available data. They must trust science as well as medications and vaccines.
Support the Bulletin on Giving Tuesday
Join us on November 27th! How many people does it take to save the planet? It takes you - the public, policy makers, scientists, and all who believe, like the Bulletin, that advances in science and technology should make life on earth better, not worse. It's up to us to recognize and support public ...
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition: Nuclear power and climate progress in the 21st century
In the 15th year of the era formerly known as “the nuclear renaissance,” not a single molecule of carbon dioxide emission has been avoided by a renaissance reactor built in the United States or in Europe. Unless the 40-year-old Watts Bar 2 reactor scheduled to operate in Tennessee early in 2016 is called “renaissance,” this situation will not change for several more years.
Watch the highlights from the Annual Dinner
The Bulletin is immensely grateful for the scientists, policymakers, artists, community leaders, board members, donors, and concerned citizens who made our 2018 Annual Dinner & Meeting a resounding success! The Annual Dinner featured an all-star lineup, with inspiring words that brought the audience to their feet from Governor Jerry Brown, Rieser Award recipient Yangyang Cheng, and honoree Lee Francis.
Doomsday Clock hands remain unchanged, despite Iran deal and Paris talks
Experts at National Press Club Joined by Stanford University Panel of CA Governor Brown, Former Secretary of State George Schultz and Former Defense Secretary William Perry. WASHINGTON, D.C. & STANFORD, CA.
Find us on Apple News
In 2009, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists became one of the first major print publications to go all-digital; this past July, we launched a brand-new website with a crisp look, intuitive layout, and improved navigation. It’s the same great Bulletin content—analysis, interactives, voices of rising scholars—in an updated, mobile-friendly package. Now, you can read the Bulletin on Apple News.
We're hiring: Associate Editor
About the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a not-for-profit organization located in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago that engages science leaders, policy makers, and the interested public on topics of nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies.
A Bulletin editorial, and more, on the Singapore Summit
Because the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has always favored diplomacy over military action, we support US President Donald Trump’s decision to engage with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in Singapore. This initial step toward actual nuclear negotiations has calmed tensions between the US and North Korea and will hopefully be the start of a process leading to concrete and verifiable measures.
A conversation about the North Korea summit with Sig Hecker
Siegfried Hecker talks about his first-hand interactions with North Korean nuclear scientists, what went wrong in past dealings with Kim dynasty, and the best possible outcome of the Trump/Kim summit, in a 27-minute conversation with Lynn Eden of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board.Publication Name: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Board moves the Clock ahead
For the first time in the 70-year history of the Doomsday Clock, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board has moved the hands of the iconic clock 30 seconds closer to midnight. Read the Science and Security Board’s 2017 Doomsday Clock Statement. Read the press release. Watch the videotaped Doomsday Clock Announcement. Read our FAQ on the Doomsday Clock.
Meet Climate Scientist Beate Liepert
An introduction to Beate Liepert, the newest columnist at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Liepert is a climate scientist at NorthWest Research Associates in Seattle, Washington, and an adjunct research scientist at Columbia Universiaty’s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York.
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