Why nuclear industry’s comeback hopes rest on very thin ice
Concerns about safety and spiraling costs, among other factors, mean that nuclear power will most likely not be the way out of our current ‘truly global’ energy crisis
“A true social climate revolution” is needed to save the planet
Marc Botenga of the Workers’ Party of Belgium spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the official discussions at the COP26 and the need for a social element in the green transition
As the planet wants to go green, France has a nuclear habit it just cannot kick
With one of every three lightbulbs in France being lit by the yellow-cake uranium from Niger, its armies have garrisoned the Sahel, from Mauritania at one end to Chad at the other, as part of Operation Barkhane. War is what turns on the lights in France
Fishermen oppose release of contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
The company which operates the plant, Tokyo Electric Power, has collected over 1.23 million tons of contaminated water since the collapse of the nuclear plant in 2011
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- Students in Singapore demand their universities cut ties with Israel
- Milanović triumphs in Croatia’s presidential election opposing deployment of Croatian forces in Ukraine
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