The government claims that we need nuclear 'baseload' power to keep the lights on, writes Damian Kahya. But a new study shows reliable, low carbon energy can be provided by combining diverse green technologies including efficiency, large scale renewables, 'smart grid', energy storage and rarely used fossil fuel backup.
… heat - as more people begin to drive electric cars and use electricity instead of gas to … (It also means a shift towards electric cars.) That may lead to warm feet and quiet …
A 350-member Citizens' Jury convened to decide on whether a massive nuclear waste dump would benefit South Australia just gave the plans a big 'No!', writes Ian Lowe. SA Premier Weatherill must drop his attempt to reverse that decision with a referendum, and accept the jury's well informed, democratic verdict.
No means no! South Australia must dump the nuclear dump Ian Lowe Griffith University | 16th November 2016 Comment Nuclear Waste Law Australia Indigenous Peoples Politics nuclear-waste-protest-cut.jpg …
We need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, writes Jeremy Corbyn, All that, and strong protection for wildlife and oceans, no TTIP trade deal with the US, clean air to breathe, and massive investment in public transport. Is there anything not to like?
Jeremy Corbyn: the green Britain I want to build Jeremy Corbyn MP | 7th August 2015 Comment Politics Energy Climate Change Nuclear Renewables Solar Health Transport Pollution …
Thanks to an increasingly aggressive US foreign policy pursued over decades, NATO nuclear missiles and armed forces are poised on Russia's border, writes Conn Hallinan - forcing it to abandon its 'no first use of nuclear weapons' pledge in view of the massively asymmetrical threat it faces. The world must step back from the brink of nuclear annihilation.
… bomb represented approximately 27 freight cars filled with TNT, a one-megaton warhead …
Despite Labour's 'great purge' of left-leaning voters in the leadership election, Jeremy Corbyn remains the odds-on bookies favourite. So if he comes to power, what policies can we expect in energy and climate change? Damian Kahya asks the questions ... and is astounded at the range and scope of his ambitions. But how much could he really deliver?
… on all things that use electricity, be they cars, electrical appliances or anything else." …
21st century nuclear power needs a 21st century subsidy... no blank cheques this time - just an apparently green tweak to the emissions trading system, and voila!
The Government has found a backhanded way to subsidise nuclear power Dan Box | 24th May 2010 Comment Energy Politics And Economics Nuclear Carbon Emissions Steel Industrialisation danboxcomment.jpg …
Despite the PR spin the truth about nuclear power is clear, says Paul Flynn. Current projects are plagued with technical failures, cost escalations and long delays - while renewables power ahead. As tin-eared ministers refuse to get the message, it's time for civil servants to speak out direct to the public.
Civil servants must speak out: 'the time has gone for nuclear power' Paul Flynn MP | 18th June 2015 Comment Nuclear Energy Politics UK Technology Finance China Saudi Arabia …
French energy giant EDF will today give the formal go-ahead for the Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, writes Chris Goodall. But that's no reason for the UK to sign up to a disastrous deal that will cost us over £1 billion per year for 35 years - money that should be used to support the green technologies of the future.
Dump Hinkley! And invest in the UK's real energy future Chris Goodall | 28th July 2016 Comment Nuclear Energy Renewables Technology Finance Politics UK France Corporations stop-epr-cut.jpg French …