CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@clw.org (DECEMBER 15 — WASHINGTON) The Council for a Livable World, the oldest active non-partisan non-profit organization promoting policies to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear risks released the following statement by its Executive Director, former Congressman John Tierney: “The Council for a Livable World strongly opposes the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act that has […]

(SEPTEMBER 7—WASHINGTON) It is with profound sadness that the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (CACNP), and its sister organization Council for a Livable World (CLW), release a statement on the passing of beloved friend and Center Board Secretary Philip E. Coyle. Mr. Coyle died peacefully September 2.  Mr. Coyle, a Senior Science Fellow at the Center, was a renowned expert on U.S. and […]

CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@clw.org The Council for a Livable World condemns the vote by the House Armed Services Committee to increase the 2022 Pentagon Budget topline by $23.9 billion, and urges Members of Congress to reject this topline increase later this month when the National Defense Authorization Act comes before the full House floor. On behalf of the Council for a Livable World, Executive […]

Upon hearing of the passing of former Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), the Council for a Livable World released the following statement: “Senator Levin was a good man, terrific progressive and a lifelong advocate of sound arms control policies and smarter Pentagon spending. The Council for a Livable World endorsed him in his first Senate race […]

CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@clw.org   (JUNE 2 — WASHINGTON) The Council for a Livable World denounced the Biden administration’s request for $753 billion in defense spending in fiscal year 2022, including $43.2 billion for nuclear weapons, which is exorbitant and too closely follows the budget left behind by the Trump administration. We are dismayed that President Joe Biden has not only recommitted this nation to […]