Sweden adopts “100% fossil-free” target
Sweden has done something very few countries or jurisdictions have done with respect to energy: they have kept their eye on the goal. The Swedish Parliament adopted an energy target
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Nuclear wins inclusion as “green” source for hydrogen
French energy minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher France appears to wins another round against Germany in the fight to have nuclear included as a clean energy source within EU Commission rules. The
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California Legislators Vote To Save Diablo Canyon
California’s legislature, by nearly unanimous votes in both the Assembly and the Senate, agreed with Governor Gavin Newsom, to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon. This was the result
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The Zero-Carbon Economy’s Possible Land Footprint
We need to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, which will require an enormous transition in how we generate energy. While many people support renewables, they have little
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Apocalypse Maybe: Thoughts from MIT’s Kerry Emanuel
National Academy of Sciences member Kerry Emanuel of MIT felt compelled to explain his views on climate change, risk assessments and the debates rekindled by climate deniers and nuclear deniers
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AOC “leaves the door open” to nuclear
During the 2020 primary debate for New York’s 14th district, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reiterated her position from the previous May, that the Green New Deal leaves the door open to nuclear.
All Pathways to 1.5°C Limit Include Nuclear
Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), delivered an address on the opening day of the International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear
Ocasio-Cortez’ Green New Deal Leaves the Door Open to Nuclear
Green New Deal sponsor Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez still has an “open mind” on nuclear energy. “I don’t take a strong anti- or pro-position on it,” the New York Democrat said about
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Wind and Solar Power Advance, but Carbon Refuses to Retreat
The world’s carbon intensity of energy, namely the amount of CO2 spewed into the air for each unit of energy consumed, has not budged much Kyoto was held, 20 years
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Fisticuffs Over the Route to a Clean-Energy Future
Democrats in the United States Senate and in the California Assembly have proposed legislation calling for a full transition to renewable energy. In doing so, they are relying on scholarly
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