Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 25, 2024
Posted: 25th July 2024
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Just Stop Oil activists protesting near Trafalgar Square on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Alisdare Hickson/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.0)
OSCAR BERGLUND
In the UK, a dangerous escalation in the criminalization of climate protestsThe criminalization of climate protesters is a severe threat both to the climate and to democratic systems. Read more.
ERIK ENGLISH
Swimming in the Seine? Paris Olympics highlight the challenge of cleaning urban riversParis hopes to open the Seine for Olympic swimming this week and public swimming in 2025—other cities should follow their lead. Read more.
ZOYA TEIRSTEIN
‘We must do more’: A look at Kamala Harris’ climate recordWhichever Democrat runs against Trump has a weighty mandate: protect America’s already-tenuous climate and environmental legacy from Republican attacks. Read more.
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North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024
Experts from the Federation of American Scientists estimate that North Korea may have produced enough fissile material for up to 90 nuclear warheads, but has likely assembled around 50. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The warming will continue as long as we’re dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and we have the technology to largely stop doing that today. What we lack is political will.”
— Andrew Dessler, Texas A&M University climate scientist, “Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says,” AP
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