Trump’s Threat to Resume Nuclear Testing
In 1963 John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev signed the ban on atmosphericnuclear weapons testing, which was extended to a moratorium in 1992 and secured asthe Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1996. The Treaty has been signed by 187states. On October 31 st , United Nations member states voted on a resolution in supportof the Treaty and the global nuclear test moratorium. The United States was the only“no” vote.
6 Nov 4min
Action You Can Take NOW to Stop Nuclear Weapons Testing
In response to the president’s call to resume testing of nuclear weapons, contactyour two United States Senators to support Senate Resolution 323 that urges theUnited States to lead a global effort to halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
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LANL Declares Tritium Venting Success — Communities Demand Disclosure as Operation Raises More Questions Than Answers
The Communities for Clean Water (CCW) coalition is calling on the Departmentof Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos NationalLaboratory (LANL), and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) toimmediately release all data, monitoring results, and analytical records from the recenttritium venting operation at LANL.
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Ban Uranium Weapons Activist Damacio Lopez Receives Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award
This month, the International Uranium Film Festival in Berlin honored uraniumweapons expert and activist Damacio A. Lopez with the festival's Honorary LifetimeAchievement Award. For over thirty years, the US Air Force veteran from Socorro, NewMexico has campaigned for an international ban on depleted uranium munitions andweapons.
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New Article about “Participatory Democracy in Action” Describes WIPP Permit Negotiations
In an essay for NYU’s Democracy Project, David F. Levi, a former federal judgeand director emeritus of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law, reflected on thenegotiations he facilitated in New Mexico about the renewal of the hazardous wastepermit for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a deep geologic repository forplutonium-contaminated waste generated in the fabrication of nuclear weapons. JudgeLevi’s essay is entitled “Participatory Democracy in Action.”
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Global Majority of State Parties Now Signed onto the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
On September 26 th , 2025, during the United Nations General Assembly in NewYork City, the Republic of Ghana ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW), and the Country of Kyrgyzstan signed on. With these actions, aglobal majority of countries have signed onto the United Nations nuclear weapons bantreaty. A total of 99 out of the 197 eligible states have taken legal action - 74 haveratified and 25 have signed. Such action sends a strong message to the nuclear-armedstates and their allies that they are now the minority and irresponsible actors threateningglobal security.
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Call to Action: Short Time for U.S. Senate to Protect the DNFSB; Contact Your Senators Today
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is a small, independent federalagency that serves as a watchdog for the Department of Energy’s nuclear weaponscomplex. It is supposed to have five members, but it currently has only two. And onemember’s term expires on October 18 th . If one or more board positions aren’t filled on orbefore October 18 th , the Safety Board will no longer have a quorum to operate. Thepublic needs the Board to continue its vital nuclear safety mission at the DOE nuclearweapons facilities.
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New Mexicans Can Save the DNFSB; Contact Our Senators Today
The independent Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has been dwindlingfrom a five-member board to one member and may disappear if we, the People, do notraise our voices to support its essential nuclear safety work. The Safety Board needs atleast two new members. And that needs to get done by October 16th. New Mexico U.S.Senators Heinrich and Lujan have key roles to play to ensure the Safety Board’s workcontinues unimpeded.
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