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Russia's invasion of Ukraine shattered peace in Europe, and highlighted the fundamental disagreements between Russia and NATO over the status of Ukraine and other former Soviet territories. Russia raised the stakes of this disagreement by attempting to conquer Ukraine, and threatening to use nuclear weapons if NATO intervened. NATO and the European Union must negotiate an end to the fighting and deny Russian victory over Ukraine. Once peace is achieved, European security architecture must be rebuilt. This requires improving political relations between Russia and an expanded NATO, establishing stable military-to-military relations at reduced force levels, and reliably reducing the threat of nuclear war. NATO should indicate that it is willing to remove US nuclear weapons from Europe in exchange for similar Russian reductions – and the rearward movement of Russia's non-strategic nuclear forces. Near-term agreement on such steps can reduce the short-term threat of nuclear war, while also setting the stage for negotiations on replacing the INF treaty with a new agreement banning intermediate and short-range offensive missiles in Europe. Both sides need to re-assert that nuclear arms are weapons of last resort and pledge never to employ them first in a conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Beginning in 1999, the USDA-Forest Service in partnership with other federal agencies and non-government natural resource organizations, initiated an interdisciplinary, multi-year project to evaluate efforts for protecting and restoring riparian area values impacted by roads. After 2-1/2 years of field and literature reviews, the project identified and documented 12 of 24 treatments and techniques currently being used across the country to either protect or restore aquatic habitat associated with Forest Service highways and low-volume roads. Successful treatments or techniques that directly protect or restore aquatic habitat impacted by roads included wildlife and fish passage improvement, channel and floodplain structure placements, and re-connecting water bodies.

Nuclear deterrence is not just a dangerous concept on which to base national or international security. It is immoral, undemocratic, and contradictory to human interests, as expressed through common political, scientific, and religious belief systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the concern regarding nuclear weapon following victory of Donald Trump in U.S. Presidential election. It mentions that Trump know very little about these weapons and their role in security policies, he questioned why America possesses so many nuclear weapons if we cannot use them.

Reports on the city of Pawtucket, Rhode Island's strategy for eliminating abandoned houses and vacant properties. Area of concentration of such properties; Authority of the municipal housing court; Monitoring of abandoned properties; Measurement of the city's success in reducing the number of such properties.