A nuclear-powered superyacht won’t save the world: opinion
Remembering Sissy | Communicating risk | COVID variants
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Sept. 30, 2021
NUCLEAR RISK
Biden’s pivot to Asia is missing something: diplomats
The Biden administration’s slow pace of diplomatic appointments in the Indo-Pacific is undercutting a commitment to allies and partners in the region, writes Bulletin Editorial Fellow Lauren Sukin. Read more.
SPECIAL TOPICS
Remembering ‘Sissy’ Farenthold
She was always “Sissy” to her friends, and Frances T. Farenthold was always “Sissy” to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. But Farenthold was much more, including a women’s rights advocate, lawyer, politician, and pioneer. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
Opinion: A nuclear-powered superyacht won’t save the world
Earth 300, a $700 million proposed superyacht hailed as a solution to climate catastrophe, is to be powered by a nuclear technology that has yet to exist. And that’s not even the biggest issue, writes the Bulletin’s Dawn Stover. Read more.
Preview the UN Climate Change Conference
Join us on Oct. 15 with Sivan Kartha, senior scientist at the Stockholm Environmental Institute and Anju Sharma, SEI researcher at Oxford University, in conversation with Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News as they discuss conference goals and why the time to act is now. REGISTER TODAY
NUCLEAR RISK
The art of communicating nuclear risk
Policymakers, scientists, and the public can look to artists, designers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations for creative ways to raise public awareness about nuclear risk. Read more.
SPECIAL TOPICS
How to crush the variants that have kept the pandemic going
The future of the global coronavirus pandemic might not be as bleak as many imagine despite a delta variant sweeping across the world. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Each of these 23 species represents a permanent loss to our nation’s natural heritage and to global biodiversity. And it’s a sobering reminder that extinction is a consequence of human-caused environmental change.”
— Bridget Fahey, “Protected Too Late: U.S. Officials Report More Than 20 Extinctions,” The New York Times
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