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Ventilators for coronavirus patients: Why automakers aren’t the right source

By Ivan Oelrich | Biosecurity, Opinion

No, we don’t need a “Manhattan Project” to fight the coronavirus pandemic

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Columnists, Opinion

What the Fukushima meltdowns taught us about how to respond to coronavirus

By Azby Brown, Sean Bonner | Biosecurity, Opinion

Setsuko Thurlow at ICAN

“Proud to be an American?” What an American admiral forgets about nuclear war

By Monica Montgomery | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Christopher Ford and Mike Pompeo.

Trump appointee wants “arms control for adults.” Experts couldn’t agree more.

By Sharon Squassoni | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

The underground Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada

The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site has always been a political football. Trump is the latest president to fumble

By Allison Macfarlane | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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Trump’s 2021 budget: More nuclear spending, less of almost everything else

By Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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Climate change: Trump and Republicans pivot from denial to “optimism”

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

A greengrocer's table, full of vegetables.

PETA: Turn back the Doomsday Clock. Go vegan.

By Ingrid E. Newkirk | Climate Change, Opinion

Mohammad Javad Zarif, in 2019

Iran’s impending exit from the NPT: A new nuclear crisis

By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Nader Entessar | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

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CNN op-ed: Why the world is closer than ever to Doomsday

By Jerry Brown, William J. Perry, Mary Robinson, Ban Ki-moon | Doomsday Clock, Opinion

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Climate journalism and fossil fuel ads: an unholy marriage?

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Opinion