Sept. 4, 2024: US Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1) is the latest Member of Congress to co-sponsor the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and [Climate] Conversion Act (or “Norton Bill”), H.R. 2775. There are now thirteen Members of Congress supporting this bill, which calls on the US to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (or…
Members and supporters of the Warheads to Windmills Coalition gathered in Washington DC from July 8-10th to meet with members of Congress about the importance of getting rid of nuclear weapons and addressing the climate crisis. Approximately 20 people joined the lobbying teams over the course of the three days from organizations such as CodePink,…
Photo: Oppenheimer author Kai Bird, creative commons New York (August 16, 2023) – Kai Bird, co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book on which Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer movie is based, issued the following statement endorsing a bill by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the Nuclear Abolition…
A graphical, easy to read summary of the 2023 Warheads to Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe and Nuclear War report is out now! You can read and download it for free here and order multiple copies of the color printed version (US letter size booklet) here. To join in the discussion about addressing these twin existential…
April 20, 2023, Washington, DC: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023. Norton has introduced a version of the bill in every session of Congress since 1994. This version would encourage the United States to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…
October 5, 2022: US Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois has today become the 15th Member of Congress to co-sponsor the Norton Bill, H.R. 2850, calling on the US to sign and ratify the Nuclear Ban Treaty (TPNW) and eliminate its nuclear arsenal, along with the nuclear arsenals of the other 8 nuclear-armed nations. Three additional…
Washington, DC: June 22, 2022, 10:30am: Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-2) will host a live press conference from the lawn of the US Capitol Building to draw attention to the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons), taking place in Vienna from June 21-23. If you are in…
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons Washington, DC: On Friday, June 3, U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17) co-sponsored the Norton Bill, making him the seventeenth Congressional leader in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This bill would abolish everything to do with nuclear weapons and use the saved money to fight the climate crisis…
PHOTO: Joe Mabel Washington, DC: U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) has added her name to the list of co-sponsors of a bill that would abolish all nuclear weapons and use the money to address climate change and other pressing social needs. Jayapal is the current chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has been a…