Nuclear Energy's Climatic Achilles Heel

onAug 10, 2006 @ 08:22 PDT

While many experts, including Britain’s James Lovelock, have been promoting nuclear energy as a greenhouse-gas-free method of generating electricity, recent shutdowns in of nuclear plants in Europe due to overheated cooling water and low-flowing rivers have exposed a very serious danger to a reliance on nuclear energy – and one which will only become worse as the planet continues to heat up.

By Ross Gelbspan

Analysis

Alberta Separatism Would be Terrible for Indigenous Rights

ByMitch Anderson

onJan 22, 2026 @ 13:36 PST

For some separatists, ignoring Indigenous rights is not only a side effect of an independent Alberta, but an explicit goal.

Opinion

As the UN General Assembly Turns 80, Can Ordinary Citizens Change How the World Is Governed?

ByRich Wilson

onJan 19, 2026 @ 10:12 PST

Democratic innovation as a pathway for revitalising global climate action.

Danielle Smith Working With Trump Official Who Wants to Annex Greenland

ByMary Stuart

onJan 14, 2026 @ 13:41 PST

The Alberta premier belongs to a U.S. group called the Governors Coalition for Energy Security that’s led by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trump’s envoy to Greenland.

Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

Series: MAGA