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

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us/Developers Push Huge Server Farm in Another Rural Georgia County

ByEdward Donnelly

onSep 17, 2025 @ 13:48 PDT

Residents call for more transparency around “hyperscale” data center announced last month for Twiggs County.

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What ‘Chimney Sweep Testicle’ Can Teach Us About Fossil Fuels’ Staggering Health Consequences

ByMitch Anderson

onSep 12, 2025 @ 09:44 PDT

Coal, oil and gas have been killing people for centuries. We’re still paying for it.

Revealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group ‘Collaborated’ With Far-Right Party on Criminal Complaints

ByClare Carlile and Phoebe Cooke

onSep 11, 2025 @ 04:30 PDT

Unsubstantiated allegations against top climate advocates part of campaign to “discredit and defund” civil society actors in EU, says transparency campaigner.