Uranium mining is a dirty business that we didn't clean up but sourced out to less demanding countries, so why isn't this being discussed in any debate about nuclear energy asks NICK MEYNEN
… Nick Meynen | 4th August 2016 News Nuclear Energy Nuclear Reactors Energy Uranium Uranium Mining Environment … being discussed in any debate about nuclear energy asks NICK MEYNEN Amidst all the fuss …
On 10 January 2017 a new emergency plan was presented in a commission in Belgium's Parliament. The evacuation perimeter was conveniently halved to 10km to avoid an evacuation of Belgium's second and third cities in case of a meltdown. The plan has been called totally inadequate. NICK MEYNEN reports
… Nick Meynen | 19th January 2017 News Nuclear Energy Nuclear Meltdown Renewables emergency … than in being operational. Who said nuclear energy was a reliable source of energy? But it is the Doel plant that reads …
Instead of leaching the world's resources to support out-of-control consumerism, EU leaders could do worse than ponder novelist Victor Hugo's claim that whilst "you can kill people, you can't kill an idea whose time has come", writes NICK MEYNEN
… down to this: as the easier material and energy reserves have been tapped already and as the need for new materials and energy only keeps rising, the battle lines of … that lives so much on the materials and energy of other continents than Europe. Even …
This year's prestigious Leontief Prize for economics has been awarded to Professors James Boyce and Joan Martinez-Alier for their ground-breaking theoretical and applied work integrating ecological, developmental, and justice-oriented approaches into the field of economics. They are worthy winners, says NICK MEYNEN
… economic systems, resources (materials and energy) and social issues. Their particular … the commodity extraction frontiers because energy is not recycled and materials are … and articles, including Ecological Economics: Energy, Environment and Society (1987) and The …
Conventional economic analyses of trade tend only to discern the flows of money, writes NICK MEYNEN. But by also considering biophysical metrics - such as material and energy flows, and embodied water and land - ecological economists can identify the asymmetric flows of resources obscured by the apparent reciprocity of market prices.
… biophysical metrics - such as material and energy flows, and embodied water and land - … biophysical metrics such as material and energy flows, and embodied water and land, … of both raw material equivalents and embodied energy (Lenzen et al.2012, 2013 ) as well as …
Corporations are busy weaponising obscure legal instruments to sue government for their actions to save lives and jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
… that the EU needs to be more independent on energy and natural resources . How that sits … EU-Mercosur and EU-US deals, is not clear. Energy Speaking of energy: there is yet another big thing that …
The alternatives to neoliberalism - including a new community type of agriculture and community-owned green energy, local currencies, peer-to-peer networks and a sharing economy - are already here and unfolding right now. All we need is a revolution writes NICK MEYNEN
… type of agriculture and community-owned green energy, local currencies, peer-to-peer … type of agriculture and community-owned green energy, local currencies, peer-to-peer … Google it. Community supported agriculture, energy cooperative, Local Exchange and Trading …
Reporting from The 5th International Degrowth Conference in Budapest - which continues today and tomorrow - NICK MEYNEN explores the new narrative of ‘sufficiency' being discussed and and asks will it catch on before it's too late?
… Del Bene applied the same reasoning to energy, saying that "Energy sovereignty is about being able to make decisions on energy along the whole chain, taking into …
Gas-related earthquakes stirred Groningers into action a long time ago, but they are now joined by over 700 activists from all over Europe, who put their bodies before a crucial gate for tankers right now. NICK MEYNEN reports
… But it's not just about that positive energy, our collective strategy is also … The Ecologist . It's not just about positive energy, our collective strategy is also …
The entrance to the headquarters of KBC bank in Brussels was taken by environmental activists Thursday concerned about the financial and climatic risks of coal investments in the Czech Republic. Hours later, the bank surprised the activists by announcing an end to all new coal investments. NICK MEYNEN reports in the inaugural post for our ENVJUSTICE series
… is by far the main player for financing the energy sector in the Czech Republic and …
Thousands of protesters have occupied a coal mine near Cologne - the single largest emitter of CO2 in Europe. NICK MEYNEN argues that history is on their side, especially when politicians fail to take heed of climate science
… limiting their consumption of non-renewable energy and by assisting poorer countries to …
More than 200 experts use Europe Day to call for systemic changes to deal with the climate crisis, species extinction and inequality
… Finland Prof. Dr. Ernst Worrell, Professor Energy & Resources, Utrecht University, The … Poland. Author of ‘World at the Crossroads’, ‘Energy Revolution. But why?’ and ’Climate …
The building boom in China and worldwide demand for consumer goods containing ilmenite has enriched criminals who specialise in stealing sand - sometimes whole beaches. NICK MEYNEN investigates
… growth fail to understand that the inputs of energy and materials into the economy grow …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… But a circular economy also needs energy. The beer campaigners do have a point: …