The climate will miss you, Fessenheim

On June 30, 2020, Unit 2 of the Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant in Alsace (eastern France) will be permanently shut down. Unit 1 was close...

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Julie Wornan

Apr 2
1 min

How can the world’s nuclear watchdog help protect us from COVID-19?

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is dispatching equipment to more than 40 countries to enable them to use a nuclear-derived ...

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Liza K. Tóth

Mar 4
2 min

Dramatic Pollution Reduction in China!

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using modified Copernicus Sentinel 5P data processed by the European Space Agency. Drama...

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Julie Wornan

Feb 21
3 min

A BASELESS DECISION AND A SAD DAY FOR CLIMATE

22 February 2020. This date marks the permanent closure of the first of two reactors at the nuclear power plant in Fessenheim, eastern Fr...

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Julie Wornan

Feb 6
2 min

Methane: Sniffing out the Leaks

Methane gas (CH4) may be produced in two ways. Thermogenic methane, the source of most natural gas reserves, is produced by the effects o...

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Julie Wornan

Jan 25
3 min

Energiewende is a loser

The German policy of Energiewende, the shift away from nuclear energy in favor of renewables, is failing the tests of climate, economy, e...

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Julie Wornan

Jan 18
1 min

Do Carbon Offset Trading Schemes Work?

Emissions trading systems enable countries to buy and trade credits from others that have reduced their GHG emissions. Countries that can...

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Julie Wornan

Dec 2, 2019
5 min

Fashion and the Planet

Fashion may be fun, but it’s one of the world’s most wasteful and polluting industries. The UN estimates that 10% of total global greenho...

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Julie Wornan

Nov 19, 2019
2 min

Why are we still subsidising fossil fuels?

To avoid climate catastrophe, we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by close to 6% every year until 2050. This means seriously cutti...

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Julie Wornan

Nov 9, 2019
2 min

Nuclear, the Cinderella of Energy

In September 2018, fifty people met up in Amsterdam, invited by a Californian, Michael Shellenberger, to figure out how to create one pub...

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