Join Three Sisters Collective to Paint the “I am Life (Creator of Worlds)” Mural in O’Ga P’ogeh Owingeh
The Three Sisters Collective is painting a new and colorful “I am Life (Creator of Worlds)” mural on the Lena Wall in O’Ga P’ogeh Owingeh, the White Shell Water Place, or Santa Fe. You are invited to make your mark on the wall on Thursday, October 3rd through Saturday, October 5th during the community paint hours. The new mural is adjacent to the mural by artist Chip Thomas about stopping expanded production of plutonium pits, or the triggers, for nuclear weapons at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
3 Loka 20244min
CCNS Submits Comments about the Need to Excavate the Mixed Waste Landfill at Sandia National Laboratories
The Mixed Waste Landfill at Sandia National Laboratories is a 2.6-acre dump that is leaking radioactive, hazardous and toxic wastes from unlined pits and trenches that threaten Albuquerque’s drinking water aquifer. The public has been asking the New Mexico Environment Department for nearly 25 years to order Sandia to excavate the dump. Evidence of migrating contamination, such as the detection of volatile organic compounds 400 feet below the dump in 2015, verifies the public’s concern.
26 Syys 20244min
Tell the Fossil Fuel Corporations “No Money for Fossil Fuels!” during International Days of Action
Local, regional, national and international non-governmental organizations are coming together for a week of raising public awareness about the fossil fuel corporations doing business in New Mexico. Under the banner of Warheads to Windmills.org, the week begins on Monday, September 23rd and extends through Sunday, September 29 th . This is a second week of action. The first week focused on nuclear weapons. Both present existential threats to life on Planet Earth – one that kills in an instant; the other painfully over time.
19 Syys 20244min
Tell the Nuclear Weapons Corporations “No Money for Nuclear Weapons!” During the International Days of Action
Local, regional, national and international non-governmental organizations are coming together for a week of raising public awareness about the nuclear weapons corporations doing business in New Mexico. The week of action begins on Monday, September 16 th and extends through Sunday, September 22 nd . New Mexicans will challenge two nuclear weapons profiteers who operate here. They are Honeywell and HII, or Huntington Ingalls Industries.
12 Syys 20244min
Numerous Global Calls for Two Weeks of Action on Nuclear Weapons and Climate in September
Many local, regional and international non-governmental organizations are organizing live and virtual actions in recognition of the International Day of Peace on Saturday, September 21 st and you can join in these efforts. From the “No Money for Nuclear Weapons” Week of Action headed by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons to the Warhead to Windmills Coalition (the Coalition), small and large actions will be taking place around the world.
5 Syys 20244min
IPPNW Co-President Carlos Umaña Explores Making Nuclear Weapons Taboo
“When the Cold War ended in 1991 and the Doomsday Clock was at its furthest from midnight, the world sighed in relief… . It was a moment of hope where many believed this low tension between the military and economic powers of the world would lead to peace talks and nuclear disarmament.. . . So, why didn’t nuclear disarmament happen when the iron curtain fell?. . .” This question is at the center of “Making Nuclear Weapons Taboo,” a 2023 address by Dr. Carlos Umaña, Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
29 Elo 20244min
Proposed Expansion of WIPP Topic of EPA Meetings in Carlsbad and Santa Fe Next Week
On Wednesday evening the Stop Forever WIPP Coalition held a webinar to alert people about the opportunity to voice their concerns to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) next week about the Department of Energy (DOE) proposal to expand the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). DOE wants to keep WIPP open until at least 2083 for disposal of radioactive and hazardous wastes generated from fabricating triggers, or pits, for nuclear weapons at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
22 Elo 20244min
Congressman Garamendi Discusses Nuclear Weapons with U.S. Military Leaders
On August 13th, U.S. Congressman John Garamendi of California delivered a speech at the United States Strategic Command 2024 Strategic Deterrence Amidst Global Transformation Symposium in which he asked “Why?” as in “Why does America need nuclear weapons?” and mostly importantly asked, “How do we deter in a way that ensures there is a tomorrow worth protecting? Must we continue a 50-year-old triad strategy without considering the alternatives? Why, why are we stuck in a logic silo with the blast door closed?”
15 Elo 20244min
