Image: Members of the Warheads to Windmills met with Ambassador H.E. Mrs. Vanessa Frazier (3rd from right) of the Malta Mission to the United Nations in New York First a country’s President or Prime Minister must sign a treaty. Then a country’s parliament or congress must ratify the treaty. The final step is to implement…
Members and supporters of the Warheads to Windmills Coalition gathered in Washington DC from July 8-10th to meet with members of Congress about the importance of getting rid of nuclear weapons and addressing the climate crisis. Approximately 20 people joined the lobbying teams over the course of the three days from organizations such as CodePink,…
Today, June 17th, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons launched its fifth annual report on nuclear weapons spending. Surge: 2023 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Their report shows over $91 billion spent on nuclear weapons in 2023, an increase of over 10 billion from 2022. That is $2,898 per second wasted on nuclear weapons. This…
June 13, 2024: US Presidential candidate Jill Stein today signed the NuclearBan.US “presidential candidates pledge.” The pledge is a promise that, if elected President, she will sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty, work with the other nuclear-armed nations to ensure the complete elimination of all nuclear weapons, and put all those wasted human and financial resources…
Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario, Transworld, London, 2024. “Nuclear war is insane,” writes Annie Jacobsen in her best-selling non-fiction thriller, Nuclear War: A Scenario. Jacobson interviewed more than 40 retired military officers and civilian professionals directly involved in planning and preparations for nuclear war, including a former Secretary of Defense. “Every person I interviewed…
July 8th and 9th Washington DC Warheads to Windmills is putting together DC Lobby days to advocate for the US to take bold and effective action on the climate and nuclear weapons crises. We will be speaking with members of congress about the importance of the US signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear…
Join us this May for Warheads to Windmills Book talks and other events around Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and more! Tuesday, May 7th, 12-1pm ET Author book talk and discussion, sandwiches provided. Please register at link below, with option to join virtually via zoom. Portland Friend’s Meeting House 1837 Forest Ave Portland, ME Wednesday, May…
We are having a day of action in Boston on May 22nd, mobilizing students and activists around Massachusetts to lobby the legislature. It is now down to the leadership in the House and Senate to decide whether these bills will get voted on before the end of this legislative session. Please Join us! Climate Change…
Sultan Al Jaber of the United Arab Emirates, who is currently presiding over the COP28 climate talks in Dubai (as well as presiding over the UAE’s state oil company, Adnoc) was quoted last week as saying “there is no science out there… that says the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.” His remarks…
Neville Chamberlain waves his agreement with Hitler, September 1938. PHOTO: public domain, national archives of Poland On September 30th, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to London from a meeting in Munich with Adolf Hitler. He proudly waved a piece of paper with Hitler’s signature on it in front of the crowds awaiting his…
NuclearBan.US is a 501c (4) non-profit organization committed to achieving a world free from nuclear weapons by persuading the US to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and then work with the other 8 nuclear-armed nations to ensure the verifiable and irreversible elimination of all nuclear weapons. NuclearBan.US is a partner of ICAN, which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its part in negotiating this historic treaty (also know as the ‘Nuclear Ban Treaty’).
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