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1945. The U.S. built and dropped two atomic bombs. Three if you count the gadget.
Also 1945: Manhattan Project scientists formed an organization to prevent further use of nuclear weapons and put that power in civilian – not military – hands. They succeeded.
That organization? The Federation of American Scientists.
nytimes.com/2026/09/18/opini…
This is why we exist. The McMahon Act. The Clean Air Act/s. When our president revealed the CIA was spying on people by opening their mail in the 70s. Now artificial intelligence.
We believe scientists have a duty to prevent the fruits of their labor for being used for malice.
... that 1946 campaign. Video still slaps. youtube.com/watch?v=eM7-4Iky…
No time like record high diesel prices to consider, oh idk, market incentives to make our shipping fleet electric ☝️🤓 fas.org/publication/cheaper-…
🚀 New FAS x @ScovillePF Fellow just dropped
Meet Sachi Barnaby, who will be joining our Nuclear Information Project team for the duration of her fellowship. Say hi, and keep your eyes peeled: her first blog post with Team FAS is coming soon.
fas.org/expert/sachi-barnaby…
Housing is expensive, and there isn’t enough of it in the places people want to live.
New from us: six tactics your local and state govt can adopt (for a bargain!) to solve the housing shortage faster, cheaper, and with greater benefit to your community.
fas.org/publication/how-we-b…
Free ideas to fix this
fas.org/publication/solving-…
The Census is in trouble.
Join our Data Policy experts to learn what changes are being proposed, what the risks are for accurate and useful data, and how you can make your voice heard.
🗓️ Friday, 9/18
⏰ 1-2 PM ET
📍 Register here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
And you aren't allowed to know how much cancer it will give you.
BREAKING: The EPA is eliminating a rule that limits planet-warming pollution from coal and gas-fired power plants. apnews.com/article/epa-power…
Your news story, your FAS policy solution and/or analysis ☝️🤓
Diesel prices are high as hell.
We have a plan to end our reliance on it, plus make your stuff cheaper ➡️ fas.org/publication/cheaper-…
The U.S. now has an "on orbit" space weapon.
One weird trick to stop killer space debris ➡️ fas.org/publication/anti-sat…
AI is gonna kill us all/we should do AI regulation.
Been saying that (the second part) ➡️ fas.org/publication/ai-sandc…
Nobody wants a data center in their town.
Your community can force data centers to play fair, you just need a community benefits agreement ➡️ fas.org/publication/before-b…
The EPA is erasing limits on climate pollution from power plants.
They also conveniently failed to publish (for the first time in 25 years) data about how much cancer people who live near power plants get ➡️ fas.org/publication/cancer-r…
More than 70% of U.S. freight is transported via aging diesel fleet. Your stuff is about to get more expensive.
If we want affordability, we need to electrify our freight fleet. Here are six easy ~*~market-shaping~*~ steps (which your governor and state legislature can start implementing today!) to get us most of the way there:
1. Transparent pricing. The truck industry is used to selling its vehicles through highly complex, dealer-mediated service contracts, without public prices. Or they could just tell people what the trucks cost. We can force them to do that.
2. Easy, affordable electric truck loans. Risk-averse banks often default the resell value of electric trucks to $0, making loans a crapshoot. States can provide residual value guarantees that set a floor on electric-truck resale prices.
3. Affordability-based financing. Once prices are visible and used trucks are finance-able, we can make price-number go down. Focus on maximizing the number of electric trucks deployed per public dollars spent through tools like total-cost-of-ownership-based incentives, bulk procurement support, etc.
4. Support for competitors, including re-shored ones. States can accelerate competition by supporting trucking startups with state green-bank loans, using their convening power to bring new capital and projects to the table, and pushing to reshore manufacturing (hello jobs!). They can even take equity stakes in companies they support, capturing upside for the public.
5. Firm up demand. States can demand zero-emission freight services in their own service contracts, require publicly-owned fleets to transition to zero-emission solutions, and arrange financing for major procurements by large private shippers and carriers.
6. Help with charging. States can make it easier for private firms to build charging networks, provide public money for key facilities, and coordinate charging around shared hubs and corridors.
fas.org/publication/cheaper-…
GasBuddy today counts 35 states with diesel prices averaging over $6/gal- next up to join- AL, WV, TN, NE, MO, KY.
Across the US, local and state govts are making decisions about data center development — from water and energy to taxes, land use, and more.
But there’s surprisingly little shared about what communities are actually negotiating.
So we went hunting.
fas.org/publication/before-b…
Federation of American Scientists🔬 retweeted
When a hurricane hits, it’s all hands on deck – that goes for federal data, too. Pulling back from our investments in timely, accurate, and accessible public data will only make us less prepared and put us all at greater risk.
fas.org/publication/federal-…
Federation of American Scientists🔬 retweeted
Apropos of nothing here are five AI safety and security policy ideas 🧵
Federation of American Scientists🔬 retweeted
There are ~55 artificial intelligence policy bills sitting in committee. Committees need to grab a pen, mark these up, and maybe even make a few law.
America's artificial intelligence regulation is mostly voluntary frameworks and duct tape. This is not how you build policy to handle real challenges.
fas.org/publication/ai-sandc…
Federation of American Scientists🔬 retweeted
In 2023, for every white mother lost to pregnancy-related causes, there were >3 Black mothers. It took 100+ years of documenting this discrepancy for health systems to think to tackle it. It'd take even longer -- or maybe never happen -- if we didn't have race-stratified data.
Trump administration proposes changes to census that could exclude millions washingtonpost.com/politics/…
In 2023, for every white mother lost to pregnancy-related causes, there were >3 Black mothers. It took 100+ years of documenting this discrepancy for health systems to think to tackle it. It'd take even longer -- or maybe never happen -- if we didn't have race-stratified data.
Trump administration proposes changes to census that could exclude millions washingtonpost.com/politics/…