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Virtual Program—Biological and chemical weapons security and the war in Ukraine
Published May 06, 2022 Watch the Bulletin virtual program “Biological and chemical weapons security and the war in Ukraine” featuring Asha George
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Nature-based solutions could help nations mitigate and adapt to climate change—but only if they get more funding
Published May 06, 2022Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk
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How to host a refugee, spot fake war images, say “welcome” in Ukrainian, and more
Published May 06, 2022Even though Russia spent last December and January massing troops along its border with Ukraine, its brutal February 24th
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We need to get serious about the renewable energy revolution—by including nuclear power
Published May 05, 2022One of my favorite quotes is from Sherlock Holmes: “Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however
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What rich countries gain by helping poor countries recover from climate disasters
Published May 04, 2022No country can claim to be prepared for the most likely warming scenarios outlined in the latest blockbuster international
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California governor warms up to nuclear reactors
Published May 04, 2022California’s governor has launched an eleventh-hour effort to keep his state’s last two nuclear reactors operating. Gov.
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How a dispute over sharing coronavirus genomes is threatening a vital tool for tracking variants
Published May 03, 2022On Nov. 26, the day the World Health Organization (WHO) named omicron the fifth variant of concern of the COVID-19 pandemic, US
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“Coal’s last gasp” could keep world from achieving climate goals
Published May 02, 2022Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk
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Virtual Program—Goodbye sole purpose: The Biden administration’s emerging nuclear policy and budget
Published April 28, 2022 Watch the Bulletin virtual program “Goodbye sole purpose: The Biden administration’s emerging nuclear policy and
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Illia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s most-followed war journalist is a “dude” from Donbas
Published April 28, 2022In November 2021, Illia Ponomarenko, a Ukrainian defense reporter, was fired from his job at the Kyiv Post—the country’s
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Will Putin go nuclear? A timeline of expert comments
Published April 27, 2022“The risk of global nuclear war has practically disappeared,” Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union,
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The United States has supported successful mediation in 11 vicious conflicts since 1990: Could Ukraine make it an even dozen?
Published April 27, 2022Up to now, the United States, along with its Western partners, has been rightly preoccupied with furnishing Ukraine the
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Climate adaptation is going to be a disaster
Published April 27, 2022The recent IPCC report is clear: To the extent that the world cannot avoid climate change by reducing emissions of carbon
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A $6 billion bailout for US nuclear power plants?
Published April 26, 2022The massive bipartisan infrastructure bill signed into law in mid-November included $6 billion for the Energy Department to
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Chernobyl is still changing: Four enduring stories and a recent one
Published April 25, 2022“One of the atomic reactors has been damaged,” a Radio Moscow broadcast announced about the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant