USC: We must get on the path to a safer and more secure world

Amy Hendrickson<amyh@texnology.com>

5/21/2019 1:58 PM

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Dear Activist, The Trump administration's nuclear weapons policies are putting us on a dangerous path and escalating global tensions. Thankfully, more people, more members of Congress, and even some presidential candidates are now taking a stand against the administration’s current aggressive nuclear weapons policies and rhetoric and calling for change. The risks are real, and it’s time for us to change direction and get on the right path to a safer and more secure world. –Katy Take Action > Science in Action Tell Your Legislators: The United States Should Never Start a Nuclear War Thanks to thousands of UCS supporters and many others around the country there is growing support for the No First Use Act, a bill consisting of just one line: “It is the policy of the United States to not use nuclear weapons first.” It's simple. It's common sense. It's the first step needed on the path to preventing nuclear war. Write your legislators today and urge them to co-sponsor the No First Use Act. Cartoon of the Month Stand up for Science > ACT: Fighting the EPA’s Attacks on Air Pollution Standards and Cost-Benefit Analysis > LISTEN: It’s Just Code. How Can It Be Biased? > READ: Five Takeaways from the EPA Meeting on Particulate Pollution

David Wright Co-Director Global Security Program > Read David's blog  Read More > Ask a Scientist With deteriorating relations between the United States and the two other superpowers, Russia and China, is it still possible to strengthen nuclear arms controls and reduce the risk of nuclear war? It is no doubt a difficult time to pursue new arms control agreements, especially since the Trump administration has been pulling out of them. Even if it is not a fruitful time for bilateral or multilateral negotiations, there are a number of things the United States can and should do on its own—and can do quickly—that would strengthen US security by reducing the risk of nuclear war while maintaining a robust deterrent against a nuclear attack. While reducing nuclear arsenals has typically been done through detailed negotiations, key policy changes could be made immediately by presidential order. Given the current occupant of the White House, however, some or all of these steps may not happen until there is a new administration. READ MORE Do you have a question for UCS scientists? Submit your question today. Watch More > This Just In The Pain and Politics of Hiroshima  Each year, the city of Hiroshima, Japan, holds a commemoration of the 1945 US atomic bombing, which, combined with the second attack on Nagasaki, took the lives of more than 150,000 people. Most of them civilians. In August, UCS nuclear weapons expert Gregory Kulacki spoke at the event. Watch our latest video and see for yourself why the US should never again be the first to launch a nuclear strike. WATCH MORE Links for You > On our blog: Food Companies at the Table in Trump Administration’s Dietary Guidelines Committee > In our store: Show your support for 50 years of science and action with our new 50th anniversary fleece vests > On our podcast: What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal? > On social media: New billboards counter the Trump administration's efforts to undermine science DEFEND SCIENCE Donate > Your commitment to UCS ensures that scientific facts inform decisions that affect our environment, our health, and our security. Donate today. Science for a healthy planet and safer worldAs a 501(c)(3) non-profit, the Union of Concerned Scientists does not support any candidate for office. All gifts are tax deductible. You can be confident your donations to UCS are spent wisely. About UCS | Take Action | Donate | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | unsubscribe Union of Concerned Scientists 2 Brattle Square | Cambridge, MA 02138-3780   © Union of Concerned Scientists. All rights reserved.www.ucsusa.org

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 DC Venezuelan embassy might be finally safe!

Rev Jesse Jackson expressing support at the Venezuelan Embassy. Dear Douglas, We have huge, exciting news about the Venezuelan Embassy! The governments of Venezuela and Turkey have just agreed to sign aProtecting Power Agreement to sustain the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC under the charge of the Turkish government. But in order for this to happen, the State Department must give its stamp of approval. Add your name now to our petition urging the State Department to approve the Turkish Government to operate as the Protecting Power for the Venezuelan embassy in DC. We spent 37 days inside the embassy paving the way for an agreement like this and now it looks like it might happen. It is in the United States’ interest to approve this agreement because then the Venezuelan government will approve a similar Protecting Power Agreement for the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela reached between the United States and Switzerland. If both agreements are signed, the US Embassy in Caracas would operate under the Swiss government and the Venezuelan Embassy in DC would operate under the Turkish government. That would mean that critical functions for citizens of both embassies such as renewing visas and issuing passports will remain. The State Department must accept the Protecting Power Agreement. Add your name to the petition. It was a long and gruelling process — arrests, physical assaults, having electricity turned off — to protect the embassy, but it looks like our work has paid off. Not only has Venezuela found a government to sign a Protecting Power agreement with them, but it has been over six weeks that Juan Guaidó has not been able to move into the embassy building. Not only has the coup attempt in Venezuela, orchestrated by Trump, Bolton, and Guiado, failed but their concurrent mini-coup attempt at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC failed as well. It’s thanks to all of our hard work that this has been achieved. Now we need one last push: tell the State Department to accept the Protecting Powers agreement! In celebration of all we have achieved, Ann, Ariel Carley, Caroline, Jodie, Kelly, Kirsten, Lily, Maya, Mark, Medea, Nancy, Paki, Rose, Ryan, Sarah, Tighe, Ursula, and Zena
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