Appeal to the Next President of the United States

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Desmond Tutu on Obama and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Sean Jacobs | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

"If you believe in the rule of law, then you are going to say the ICC is one particularly important instrument, because it is an instrument that is saying we will no longer tolerate impunity."

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Solar Energy Breakthrough

Steven Crandell | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Dalai Lama, Renewable Energy Sources, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, University of California, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Photosynthesis, Professor Daniel Nocera, Climate Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Green Energy, Solar Power, Appeal to the Next President of the United States, Green News

This week's discovery -- using solar power to mimic photosynthesis -- could help us use the huge abundance of sun energy in a way that can give power to people everywhere.

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The Dalai Lama Sends Message to White House

Steven Crandell | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dalai Lama, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Non-Proliferation Treaty, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Peace, Appeal to the Next President of the United States, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Proliferation, Politics News

If US policy changes, the goal of nuclear weapons abolition becomes possible. Therefore, it makes sense to use education to spur public pressure for such a change in US policy

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Postcards to the Next President

Sheryl Oring | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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295 people have already participted in my traveling public art project "I Wish to Say," in which I set up an office -- complete with a manual typewriter -- and invite passersby to dictate postcards to the next president.

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One Person Can Make a Difference -- 83 Year-Old Peace Activist

Steven Crandell | Posted 06.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Gandhi, Leadership for Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Climate Change, One Person Can Make a Difference, Safer World, Make a Difference, Wilma Whitehurst, Santa Barbara, US President, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Message to President, Peace Activist, Appeal to the Next President of the United States, California, Green News

When we think about global issues like peace it's easy to feel intimidated by the enormity of the task. Ah, but something can be done. And sometimes it takes an 83 year-old woman to show the way.

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Security Flaws, Terrorists & Nuclear Weapons

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Weapons-Free World, University of California, Nuclear Weapons, International Cooperation, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Bechtel, Terrorist, Sam Nunn, Fissile Material, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Appeal to the Next President of the United States, Nuclear Policy, US Leadership, Politics News

It may come as a surprise that a storehouse of 2,000 pounds of plutonium and weapons-grade uranium -- estimated to be enough to build 300 nuclear weapons -- sits only about 40 miles from San Francisco.

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