Have our leaders forgotten the dangers of nuclear power and weapons?

CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen to record levels, and Europe has been sweltering under a heat dome. But climate scientist Mark Lynas caused a stir in the environmental movement by suggesting that nuclear war is now a bigger threat than our changing climate. Nuclear war could indeed lead to the extinction of humankind.ContinueContinue reading “Have our leaders forgotten the dangers of nuclear power and weapons?”

Let’s stop investing in war and transfer resources to ending poverty and preventing climate catastrophe.

We live in very dangerous times. The war in Ukraine continues. The war on Gaza threatens to escalate involving other Middle Eastern countries. Less well known are the wars in roughly 30 other countries, from Afghanistan to Yemen, from Algeria to Uganda all currently experiencing armed conflict.  War does not just have awful consequences forContinueContinue reading “Let’s stop investing in war and transfer resources to ending poverty and preventing climate catastrophe.”