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August 14, 2023

 


Members of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium protest outside the Trinity
test site. Credit: Tina Cordova.

NUCLEAR RISK
After the fallout: Oppenheimer's Trinity test has US civilians seeking
compensation today

Decades later, the impacts of the first nuclear weapon test are still felt by
Downwinders. “We don’t ask if we’re going to get cancer, we ask when it’s going
to be our turn,” says Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders
Consortium. Watch now.

CLIMATE CHANGE
Kids and families: the latest targets of climate denialism propaganda

Climate skepticism has been consistently debunked by scientists, but
misinformation from the oil and gas industry has continued to seek new
audiences—including kids, reports Keerti Gopal of Inside Climate News. Read
more.

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
War is messy. AI can’t handle it.

As AI becomes part of military decision-making, it’s important to be wary of the
pristine ideas of how technology can transform conflict, write two security
experts. Read more.

CLIMATE CHANGE
Sudan’s conflict escalates, endangering millions

With more than 3.5 million people displaced, 80 percent of hospitals shut
down, and rampant war crimes, how will Sudan combat the increasing harm from
climate change? Bulletin associate multimedia editor Erik English weighs
in. Read more.





   

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NUCLEAR RISK
What Oppenheimer can teach today’s scientists

Scientists cannot turn back to an idyllic scientific Garden of Eden where
research is pure and unencumbered with consequences for life and death
decisions, says political scientist Charles D. Ferguson. "They need to take part
in the public arena." Read more.

IN THE NEWS
After Oppenheimer debut, Hyde Parkers carry on Hiroshima remembrance

In this Hyde Park Herald article, writer Max Blaisdell recounts the July 29
Bulletin screening of Oppenheimer that was followed by a discussion with the
Bulletin's President and CEO and other nuclear experts. Read more.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Climate change doesn’t usually start the fires; but it intensifies them,
increasing the area they burn and making them much more dangerous."

— Katharine Hayhoe, the chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy, "Devastating
Hawaii fires made ‘much more dangerous’ by climate change," The Guardian

   

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