nuclear weapons

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Last edited 23 June 2006 at 8:00am
Protesters march against against French nuclear testing in the South Sea Islands in 1995

Protesters march against against French nuclear testing in the South Sea Islands in 1995

Halt nuclear weapons testing
One of the most effective ways to deal with the nuclear danger is to stop nuclear testing, which is why Greenpeace and other anti-nuclear groups campaigned so vigorously for a ban on testing in the 1980s and 1990s.

Article tagged as: CTBT, disarmament, hachette, nuclear testing, nuclear weapons, peace, weapons

Greenpeace urges Brown not to be soft on global security

Last edited 22 June 2006 at 8:00am
22 June, 2006
Trident Cartoon: copyright Steve Bell 2004/All Rights Reserved: steve.bell@guardian.co.uk

Copyright Steve Bell 2004/All Rights Reserved: steve.bell@guardian.co.uk

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NATO HQ blocked by replica nuclear missile

Last edited 8 June 2006 at 8:00am
Greenpeace activists block NATO's Brussels HQ with a full-size replica of a US B61 nuclear bomb

Greenpeace activists block NATO's Brussels HQ with a full-size replica of a US B61 nuclear bomb

Twenty four Greenpeace activists from the UK. Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey were arrested this morning after staging a protest at NATO's Brussels headquarters. Their demand: removal of the 480 US-owned and controlled nuclear weapons from Europe. The action occurred as NATO Defence Ministers prepared for a high-level meeting on the future of NATO.

Article tagged as: direct actions, disarmament, europe, hachette, NATO, nuclear weapons, peace, proliferation

Greenpeace reaction to Blair's 'nukes back on the agenda' announcement

Last edited 16 May 2006 at 8:00am
16 May, 2006

Reacting to news that Tony Blair is to say in a speech tonight that replacing nuclear power stations is "back on the agenda with a vengeance", Stephen Tindale, Greenpeace's Executive Director, said: "Wasting billions of pounds of taxpayers' money on a ridiculously dangerous and antiquated form of energy is certainly back on the agenda.

"Nuclear power presents a real terrorist threat, costs a stupid amount of money, doesn't help in the fight against climate change and certainly won't plug the energy gap. To put this hazard back on the agenda is recklessly incompetent."

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Don't nuke Iran

Last edited 13 April 2006 at 8:00am
There are more than 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world today

There are more than 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world today

Pre-emptive peace strike, step one: keep NATO out of nuking Iran

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New nuclear weapons - we don't want them!

Last edited 25 October 2005 at 8:00am
Unnecessary and unwanted: a replacement for the Trident missile system

Unnecessary and unwanted: a replacement for the Trident missile system

Article tagged as: disarmament, government, hachette, nuclear weapons, peace, trident

Poll reveals majority oppose building of new UK nuclear weapon

Last edited 25 October 2005 at 8:00am
25 October, 2005

End of Cold War sees collapse in support for nuclear weapons

Issued: Monday 24th October 2005: A new MORI poll released today by Greenpeace reveals that more people oppose than support building a new nuclear weapons system to replace Trident (1). When presented with the estimated cost of Trident's replacement, a majority (54%) of the British public oppose the development of a new nuclear weapons system. Only one in three (33%) support their development.

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MOD refuses information on Trident replacement

Last edited 21 October 2005 at 8:00am
With the Soviet Union gone, the veil of deterrence Trident was hiding behind vanished

With the Soviet Union gone, the veil of deterrence Trident was hiding behind vanished

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Greenpeace reaction to Nobel Peace Prize award to Mohamed ElBaradei

Last edited 10 October 2005 at 8:00am
10 October, 2005

Oslo 7 October 2005

Jan Vande Putte of Greenpeace International said:

"ElBaradei's role as head of the pro nuclear International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calls into question the wisdom of making him a noble laureate. The IAEA, while tasked with policing the spread of nuclear weapons is also responsible for spreading the very technologies and materials used to make nuclear weapons. However, in opposing the Iraq war and championing a nuclear free Middle East, ElBaradei has in recent years been a voice of sanity in the world of nuclear non-proliferation."

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Internal Pentagon document reveals new aggressive US nuclear weapons policy

Last edited 10 October 2005 at 8:00am
10 October, 2005

5th October 2005 Greenpeace today released a confidential draft of an internal Pentagon document "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations", which reveals how the US government's aggressive new policies for nuclear weapons are being turned into military practice. The new doctrine shows military planners anticipating that US nuclear weapons might be used pre-emptively, and in much less intense crises than envisioned previously, including in a conventional conflict.

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