Politics and Climate Change

Politics and Climate Change

 

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from The Diplomat by Jason Miks

Earlier this month, the Doomsday Clock – popularized by the graphic novel Watchmen – was moved a minute closer to midnight, leaving it set at five minutes to midnight, or “Doomsday.” This isn’t the closest it has been (that was back in 1953, when the United States and Soviet Union tested thermonuclear devices and the clock was set at 11:58 pm). But at a time of growing international concern over Iran’s nuclear program – and the announcement by Iran that it won’t “grin and bear” newly tightened sanctions and the EU decision to ban the import of Iranian oil – the decision to move the clock is interesting. What is also interesting, though, is that Iran wasn’t one of the biggest factors driving the latest change. Earlier today, I spoke with Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the magazine established by Manhattan Project scientists in 1945 that ... Read More...