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Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters.

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Une usine nucléaire à l’arrêt à cause des pluies violentes L’usine de conversion d’uranium Orano Malvési, près de Narbonne, est à l’arrêt depuis début 2026 à cause de fortes pluies et de vents violents. Dans un communiqué publié le 5 mars, la Commission de re...

Une usine nucléaire à l’arrêt à cause des pluies violentes
reporterre.net/Une-usine-nu...

09.03.2026 13:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Texas is lapping NY in building renewable energy. Here's why. The rapid pace of renewable energy development in Texas followed years of investment in the grid needed to get the power to urban centers. New York’s grid improvements are lagging.

Texas is lapping NY in building renewable energy. Here's why. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

09.03.2026 13:03 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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How China Plans to Tackle Its Massive Solar Panel Waste Problem | OilPrice.com China, the global leader in solar power, is preparing to contend with 1.5 million tons of decommissioned solar panels by the end of the decade and is attempting to lead a coordinated global effort to ...

China has set a goal to recycle 250,000 tons of #solar panels by 2027 and 1.5 million tons by 2030, which, if successful, will serve as a crucial mass-scale pilot project for the rest of the world.
oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

09.03.2026 09:48 — 👍 18    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0

'Every #nuclear power station built to date has suffered delays and cost overruns. There is also a stockpile of nuclear waste dating back to the 1950s, with final disposal in a geological repository predicted to cost more than £200bn.'
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

09.03.2026 09:43 — 👍 31    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
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Russia gets export boost from Iran war as price of oil to India surges The war in Iran has fuelled a significant bump ​in demand for Russian oil and gas, the Kremlin said on Friday, boosting exports which have been battered by sanctions linked to Russia's war in Ukraine.

All part of Trump's plan ?
Russia gets export boost from Iran war as price of oil to India surges www.reuters.com/business/ene...

09.03.2026 09:36 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-glob...

09.03.2026 09:34 — 👍 11    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0
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Donald Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them – in pictures The US president has made the easily debunked claim that there are no wind farms in China

Donald Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them – in pictures
www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...

09.03.2026 09:20 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

US, #Israel #Iran War.
My WION News interview starts 4.44 mins into program.
x.com/WIONews/stat...

08.03.2026 00:29 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Renewables: still pushing ahead in the UK Renewable energy is doing quite well in the UK, as the latest Office of National Statistics report shows, although it says there is uneven...

Renewables: still pushing ahead in the UK renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2026/03/rene...

07.03.2026 14:52 — 👍 66    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 2
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Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly During the last decade, the rate at which Earth warmed increased substantially After removing the influence of known natural variability factors, the increase of the warming rate is statistically...

Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly
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07.03.2026 14:31 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There are signs that this is already happening, and a more abrupt shift could wa...

Time to get a move on with the renewable evolution.
www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

07.03.2026 10:08 — 👍 56    🔁 36    💬 5    📌 2
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

07.03.2026 09:48 — 👍 22    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 1
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UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

"British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, as it is not prepared for #climate shocks or wars."
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

07.03.2026 09:47 — 👍 22    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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Can green fuels clean up aviation? Scientists say the math doesn’t add up Sustainable aviation fuels are the most promising technology available to replace fossil kerosene, but experts warn they can’t be produced quickly enough or in large enough volumes to keep pace with p...

Can green fuels clean up aviation? Scientists say the math doesn’t add up.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

07.03.2026 09:46 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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UK solar to hit 160GW by 2060, needs ‘whole system thinking’ The UK is on pace to have over 160GW of solar capacity in operation by 2060, but “whole system thinking” will be required, according to DNV.

UK is on pace to have over 160GW of #solar capacity in operation by 2060
www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/solar-projec...

07.03.2026 09:45 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Could solar panels help strengthen global food security? - Positive News A Canadian study suggests solar farms could increase global crop yields by hundreds of billions of pounds, thanks to the protective microclimate created beneath their panels

Solar farms could increase global crop yields by hundreds of billions of pounds, thanks to the protective microclimate created beneath their panels.
www.positive.news/environment/...

07.03.2026 09:43 — 👍 317    🔁 165    💬 8    📌 4
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Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere In Nepal, local shareholding in a hydropower project changed how communities regarded it.

Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere theconversation.com/plaid-cymru-... via @ConversationUK

07.03.2026 09:43 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction...

Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change? www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does...

07.03.2026 09:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NRC buckles to White House and licenses dangerous TerraPower reactor - Beyond Nuclear The following is the press statement released by Beyond Nuclear today on the decision by all five NRC commissioners to accede to pressure from the White House

NRC buckles to White House and licenses dangerous TerraPower #nuclear reactor
beyondnuclear.org/nrc-buckles-...

07.03.2026 09:34 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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While Hinkley Nuclear Was Being Built, The UK Grid Decarbonized - CleanTechnica Hinkley Point C faces new delays and rising costs while the UK grid decarbonized through wind, solar, and system innovation during its long construction.

The core question is whether the energy system in the 2030s and 2040s still requires additional #nuclear megaprojects built on decade long timelines when wind, solar, and storage technologies continue expanding on much shorter deployment cycles.
cleantechnica.com/2026/03/06/w...

07.03.2026 09:31 — 👍 61    🔁 24    💬 1    📌 2
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Böll EU Brief 01/2026 | Small modular reactors – smaller regulation? | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union This Böll EU Brief critically assesses the prospects of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Europe. It finds that most SMR designs remain in early development, lack regulatory approval in the EU, and are...

Böll EU Brief
Small modular reactors – smaller regulation?
#nuclear #SMR
eu.boell.org/en/small-mod...

06.03.2026 16:27 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

06.03.2026 14:03 — 👍 20    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1

If you were a sleeper because Russia had Kompromat on you back in the day, and you were suspected of being a pedophile, what would you do to distract and destabalise NATO and the world economy ?

06.03.2026 13:42 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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How would the Iran crisis play out in a world powered by renewables not fossil fuels? This conflict exposes the fragility of the global fossil fuel economy and how renewables create resilience.

How would the Iran crisis play out in a world powered by renewables not fossil fuels? theconversation.com/how-would-th...

06.03.2026 11:03 — 👍 39    🔁 23    💬 2    📌 2
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Britain used as much coal last year as it did in 1600 The use of coal last year fell by 9 million tonnes and helped drive down Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2.4 per cent

Britain used as much coal last year as it did in 1600
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

06.03.2026 11:02 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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At last, the carbon cutter everyone can get behind Why solar will shape the power systems of the future

Simple #solar tech helps poor countries go green as international climate finance disappoints.
Like Europe’s “sight revolution” 1400 - wax candles, glass windows and eyeglasses helped people see better. Unlike kerosene lamps, charcoal fires, solar doesn’t wreck lungs.
www.ft.com/content/813b...

06.03.2026 10:39 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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EDP CEO: Energy Shock From War Fueling Clean Power Demand Dailymotion video by Bloomberg

War in the Middle East boosting demand for #renewables, as countries and businesses seek to diversify their sources of energy and shield themselves from external shocks.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xa17qk6

06.03.2026 10:35 — 👍 42    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1
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Renewable energy defies Trump’s attacks, reaching a new record Renewables account for 26% of all U.S. electricity made last year, up 10%, despite Trump policies slashing wind and solar incentives and gutting clean-air rules.

U.S. #renewables hit a record 26% of all electricity generated in 2025 - up 10% from 2024.
80% all new power generation capacity planned for next decade is renewable.
Renewables to account for one-third of all electricity by 2030.
www.latimes.com/environment/...

06.03.2026 10:33 — 👍 22    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Wind and solar have eaten most of the coal industry's lunch, and batteries are hoeing into its dinner The latest power quarterly survey from BloombergNEF highlights the rapidly changing shape and nature of Australia's main grid – and the new normal for coal and gas.

Wind and solar have eaten most of the coal industry's lunch, and batteries are hoeing into its dinner reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-sol...

06.03.2026 10:28 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 2