Climate Change Transparency Project Project Postings

Illustration from a 1985 report by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Michael MacCracken, showing smoke and soot lofted from nuclear detonations on day 1 and the passage of the smoke 5, 10, and 20 days later (See Document 13, “Global Atmospheric Effects of Nuclear War”)

Investigating the Climate Impacts of Nuclear War

Ronald Reagan riding horse

Ronald Reagan: Climate Hero

On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon plant a California Giant Sequoia tree

The “Carbon Dioxide Problem”: Nixon’s Inner Circle Debates the Climate Crisis

Special Climate Envoy John Kerry Says “No Climate Reparations” for Developing Countries, Continuing the U.S. Government’s Long Opposition to Environmental Compensation

The Folkets Hus Building (center) in Stockholm, Sweden

50 Years of U.S. Resistance to Environmental Reparations

Critical Resources on the United States’ Nuclear Legacy in the Pacific Islands Amidst Calls for Climate Change Reparations

Weekend Read: Documents from the Origin of ‘Nuclear Winter’ Theory, and the Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Fallout

Potential Global Effects

Nuclear Winter: U.S. Government Thinking During the 1980s

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security Sherri Goodman

Climate Change and the Military: Examining the Pentagon’s Integration of National Security Interests and Environmental Goals under Clinton

New Digital National Security Archive Document Collection Covers Climate Change Diplomacy from 1981-2015