GREENFIELD — Braving below-freezing temperatures Saturday morning, members of local peace and justice groups met on the common to join others worldwide in a “standout” for nuclear disarmament.

“We all know if there’s ever a nuclear war, we would pretty much be decimated,” said Emily Greene, a member of Racial Justice Rising.

On Friday, the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons became international law, the Associated Press reported, amounting to the world’s first legally binding international agreement to ban the development of nuclear weapons and seek their total elimination. Still, the United States — along with Russia, Britain, China, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel — were among the countries that didn’t sign the treaty.

“Putting a ban on nuclear weapons is a start,” Greene said. “We’ll still have nuclear power plants, but at least the nuclear weapon ban situation will help the safety and security of living on this planet.”………….. https://www.recorder.com/Traprock-stands-out-against-nuclear-weapons-38501582