. . . Union of Concerned Scientists, Howard County Indivisible, Elders Climate Action Maryland, Climate Reality Greater Maryland, and Rails to Trails Conservancy.

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This event is sponsored by the Maryland Sierra Club, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, CCAN, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility Action Fund, Climate Communications Coalition . . .

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The bill would also create accountability and transparency about highway expansion projects that increase pollution and commuter costs.

Learn more about this important effort and how you can help get this bill to the finish line!

REGISTER HERE! bit.ly/tcakickoff

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The Transportation and Climate Alignment Act will be introduced in the 2026 Maryland General Assembly by Delegate Edelson and Sen. Hettleman.

This legislation promotes statewide investments in affordable transportation options including public transit, walking, and biking infrastructure 🚍🚴🚆.

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📷: The Peace Bell in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Photo by Sarah Stierch (CC BY 4.0) (bit.ly/4hOF2kd).

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. . . and urge your senators to co-sponsor Sen. Markey’s No Nuclear Testing Act. Call (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected with your senators, and find your representative here (bit.ly/findushouserep).

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. . . This is a critical moment for a return to sanity and diplomacy. The only way to prevent a nuclear war is to eliminate nuclear weapons.”

Urge your representative to co-sponsor Rep. Titus’ bill, Renewing Efforts to Suspend Testing and Reinforce Arms Control Initiatives Now . . .

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. . . increased risks of cancer, birth defects, environmental contamination, and more.”

🔔“With fewer than 100 days until the expiration of New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the US and Russia, this reckless posturing threatens to accelerate a new arms race. . . .

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🔔“More than 2,000 nuclear weapons tests conducted in the 20th Century left behind a legacy of radioactive poison and ecological destruction. Negative health impacts faced by communities living downwind of test sites in Nevada and New Mexico include . . .

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Some highlights:

🔔“There is no military or technical justification for the U.S. to resume explosive nuclear weapons testing. The only result of these tests would be immense human and environmental harm, poisoning generations to come and increasing the risk of nuclear escalation today.”

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As physicians and health professionals, we condemn any and all nuclear weapons testing and de-stabilizing posturing.

Read the full statement from International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and Physicians for Social Responsibility at peaceandhealthblog.com

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📷: A US nuclear-capable, submarine-launched ballistic missile. Photo by the Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files via NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive. (bit.ly/4oQgSbq)

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New START expires (or thank them if they have already, like Sen. Van Hollen)

Call (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected with your senators, and find your representative here (bit.ly/findushouserep)

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. . . talks with the other 8 nuclear weapons possessing nations. This is a pathway to nuclear weapons abolition.

Your voice matters. Urge your representative and senators to co-sponsor these resolutions and publicly support a follow-on agreement before . . .

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, continued U.S. and Russian compliance with current established limits, and separate engagement with China to reduce nuclear risks.

H.Res. 317/S.Res. 323 goes further and calls for the United States to take serious steps to reduce the threat of nuclear war and initiate nuclear disarmament ...

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Congress can help steer us toward diplomacy and away from disaster. Two sets of bicameral resolutions—H.Res. 100 and H.Res. 317 in the House and S.Res. 61 and S.Res. 323 in the Senate—are our rallying points. H.Res. 100/S.Res. 61 specifically call for urgent negotiations to replace New START...

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. . . to keep nuclear weapons in check and reduced the risk of nuclear war. Without a follow-on agreement to New START, we face greater instability, higher risk of nuclear conflict, and an enormous new wave of spending on weapons we should be working to eliminate.

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. . . on February 5, 2026. Without a follow-on treaty, there will be no limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than 50 years.

This moment demands action. Common sense limits on nuclear weapons have helped

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