Ethical scientists should not work for nuclear industry
scientists should refrain from activities that have the potential to indirectly aid the production of nuclear weapons
The Responsible Scientist: A Philosophical Inquiry, Eureka: Ethics Research, Australian Museum, December 2010, WINNER – The Responsible Scientist Setting a Moral Compass for Scientists As atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the final stages of World War II in 1945, the world witnessed the devastation that science could inflict on humankind.Since that moment, countries around the world have been called to account on their nuclear weapons programs. But what responsibility rests on the shoulders of the scientists who make such grand-scale destruction possible? Continue reading
Business leaders of the future want clean renewable energy
The report calls for …… a fair deal for young people in the decision making process, active work to ensure the Government doesn’t pass policies that lock future generations into ecological debt,..
(UK) Potential business leaders of the future champion renewable energy, Green Investing, By Michelle Ward | 05 December 2010, Government research published this week shows that young people in the UK strongly support the use of renewable energy, including solar, offshore and onshore wind power. Continue reading
Immorality of nuclear weapons
the neutron bomb was designed to kill people with massive doses of radiation while leaving buildings, cities, whole countries pretty well intact…..Cohen’s death must surely highlight questions about whether we are facing up to the life-and-death realities of our increasingly nuclear world, or burying our heads in the sand.
Was Sam Cohen behind the most immoral weapon of all time? | Mail Online, 4 Dec 10, “……… a junior worker on the famed Manhattan Project, ……The supremely destructive device would be used twice on Japan, with brute power and terror, to bring a swift end to World War II.
And in the years that followed, Cohen would become the architect of what many would see as an even more monstrous weapon. Continue reading
Osama bin Laden called the use of nuclear weapons a ‘religious duty’
By 1992, Al Qaeda was already dabbling in the nuclear black market…….Although Osama bin Laden had no authority to issue a fatwa, he embraced an opportunity to seek “God’s approval” for the decision to escalate the conflict to the next stage…..bin Laden made it a religious duty for his followers to pursue Weapons of Mass Destruction. ……
Al Qaeda’s Religious Justification of Nuclear Weapons”, THE HUFFINGTIN POST, Rahim Kanani:, 19 Nov 10, “….. Bin Laden would develop an idea that would breathe life back into Zawahiri’s dreams: the United States must become the target of the jihad. Continue reading
Buddhist monks campaign for renewable energy
The monks are campaigning for renewable energy as a means to deliver electricity to people without adversely affecting the climate
Buddhist monks demand renewable energy in Bodhgaya, sify news, 20 Oct 10, Buddhist monks released sky lanterns before Buddha’s 80-feet-tall statue to demand renewable energy as a solution to the power crisis in the religious town of Bodhgaya in Bihar’s Gaya District. Continue reading
Christina anti-nuclear activists face gaol in UK
these men and women of the faith know something most of the world has forgotten: that nuclear weapons are as menacing as ever to all God’s creatures, great and small.
Aging Plowshares Anti-Nuke Activists Face Years in Prison | TakePart, Adam Trunell, 10 sept 10, – “…….This past week in England, a priest and two activists were arrested after they cut through a perimeter fence at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire, then knelt and prayed on the restricted grounds. Ranging in age from 43 to 63 years old, the protestors were indicted and charged as the Plowshares Movement observes its 30th year of nonviolent activism against the world’s most dangerous weapon. Continue reading
Call to Muslims to support nuclear disarmament
when it comes to threats to humanity, there should be a Muslim voice to join hands with that of Christians who support the Two Futures Project
Why Muslims Should Support Nuclear Weapons Disarmament, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Rizwan Ladha, 2 Sept 10, “……..For moderate and intellectual Muslims as well, the choice should be simple: either risk annihilating the human race or eliminate the global threat posed by nuclear weapons. Believe it or not — and I know I’m opening up a big hole here — there is plenty of talk in the Qur’an about being good, kind, righteous, giving and generous to one’s fellow man, regardless of religious creed…… Continue reading
Younger Christians lead in movement to ban nuclear weapons
..the real zeal comes from evangelicals 40 years old and younger….. the ones really moving the ball forward on this are younger Christians who say that the 21st century is not one that’s going to be secured by nuclear weapons……………..there’s no legitimate theological basis in the Bible for Christians to justify the killing of innocents. Nuclear weapons also violate the “just war” criteria,”
A Christian Voice Argues for Banning Nuclear WeaponsAtomic weapons make for bad security and bad theology, evangelical activist Tyler Wigg-Stevenson argues, Politics and Policy, By Alex Kingsbury September 1, 2010 Even if the “New START” nuclear arms reduction treaty is ratified by the Senate (and that is uncertain after Senate sponsors postponed debate this week until fall, at the earliest), the United States and Russia will still maintain large arsenals of missiles on hair-trigger alert. Continue reading
NASA’s friend Paul McCartney condemns their radiation testing on monkeys
The Former Beatle is unhappy about NASA using poor animals for outer space radiation testing.
Paul McCartney asks NASA to stop animal testing Oneindia , 27 Aug 2010, Beatles Superstar Sir Paul McCartney and NASA have a strong relationship but right now they are involved in some monkey business. Continue reading
Arrests of Catholic protestors at site for nuclear weapons facility
The new plant, which will make non-nuclear parts for nuclear weapons, is set to be the nation’s first new major nuclear weapons production facility in 32 years……
Catholic activists arrested at Kansas City nuclear weapons facility, National Catholic Reporter, Aug. 17, 2010By Joshua J. McElwee KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Singing choruses of “we shall not be moved” while scattering sunflower seeds, 14 activists were arrested here Aug. 16 after blocking an earth moving vehicle on the site of a proposed nuclear weapons manufacturing facility. Continue reading
Japanese pastor’s plea for abolition of nuclear weapons
Munetou said the world church “has an obligation and a responsibility to continue to say ‘No!’ without any ‘Yes’ to nuclear weapons that are against humanity and the absolute evil that plunges humanity into ruin and is incompatible with Christian faith”.
The Ecumenical Movement and the Nuclear Question Acton Institute PowerBlog, “…….By Hisashi YukimotoTokyo, 4 August (ENI)–A Japanese pastor who became a Christian after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima says his decades-long pursuit of peace has involved a resistance to “nuclear weapons in the human mind”……. Continue reading
University of California designs technologies for nuclear holocaust
Higher Learning: How to Blow Up the World, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Norman Solomon:, 6 August 2010, On my way to the Los Alamos National Laboratory a few years ago, I found it listed in a New Mexico phone book–under “University of California.”
Since the early 1940s, UC has managed the nation’s top laboratories for designing nuclear bombs. Today, California’s public university system is still immersed in the nuclear weapons business. Continue reading
Christian and Buddhist leaders speak against nuclear weapons
Protesting the bomb: Religious groups to remember Hiroshima – South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 July 2010, “………..Aug. 6 marks the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, followed by the bombing of Nagasaki three days later. The 200,000-plus deaths from those attacks, and the perceived need to reduce the number of such weapons, is the focus of an alliance of religious and secular groups. Continue reading
NASA scientist walks out over radiation experiments on monkeys
Local NASA engineer resigns over monkey experiments | This isn’t rocket science April Evans’ dream – working for NASA – came true, but she couldn’t condone its radiation experiments on monkeys, By ERIC BERGER. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, July 29, 2010, “…..her career remained ascendant until she learned of the space agency’s plan to irradiate monkeys as part of a $1.75 million experiment… Continue reading
Christians against nuclear weapons
Nuclear swords to God’s plowshares – On Faith at washingtonpost.com, 9 July 2010, “………radical Christian pacifists want to dismantle bombs, not detonate them. More than 180 peace activists convened last weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear weapons movement spearheaded by religious pacifists. Continue reading
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