A leading member of the climate change-skeptic Global Warming Policy Foundation has resigned from his post in the wake of a Greenpeace investigation that exposed its phoney 'peer review' process. But he insists: 'nothing going on here!'
… about the council's claims to conduct peer reviews of its publications. McKitrick said: …
Internal Glasgow University emails show that it terminated geophysics professor David Smythe's email account and access to scientific papers because his concerns about the impacts of fracking were upsetting its 'industrial research partners', writes Kyla Mandel - not as part of a 'routine review' as previously stated.
Exposed: Glasgow Uni's plot to cut off anti-fracking Professor Kyla Mandel DeSmog.uk | 2nd August 2016 News Fracking Corporations Science Pollution FOI Education Academia Law fracking-falkirk-cut.jpg …
Just as climate change deniers leap from scientific uncertainty over the precise impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to certainty of little or no impact at all, so 'pro-nuclear environmentalists' conflate uncertainty of the mortality arising from Chernobyl and other nuclear disasters to certainty of few if any deaths, writes Jim Green. Their position is equally indefensible.
Radiation harm deniers? Pro-nuclear environmentalists and the Chernobyl death toll Dr Jim Green | 7th April 2016 News Nuclear Health Science Radiation WMD Ukraine Belarus doll.jpg Just as climate …
The clean-up after the February 2014 explosion at the world's only deep underground repository for nuclear waste in New Mexico, USA, is massively over budget, writes Jim Green - and full operations won't resume until at least 2021. The fundamental cause of the problems: high level radioactive waste, poor regulation, rigid deadlines and corporate profit make a dangerous mix.
… EA analysis considered operational events and reviews conducted during May 2014 through May …
Conservative councillors have passed an application to frack in the Yorkshire Dales by Third Energy, signalling the return of shale gas exploitation in the UK after a five year break, writes Victoria Seabrook. Campaigners vow: 'We will fight on!'
Return of the Frack Victoria Seabrook DeSmog.uk | 24th May 2016 News Fracking UK Fossil Fuels Climate Change yorkshirefrackcjkolhmwuaafosd_guyshrubsole-cut.jpg Conservative councillors have passed an …
The latest nuclear power ‘renaissance’ is going in reverse.
Nuclear hype in meltdown Dr Jim Green | 2nd February 2024 | Comment Nuclear Power Energy Editor’s Picks home-slider-copy.jpg The latest nuclear power ‘renaissance’ is going in reverse. Nuclear power …
The global rebirth of nuclear power was meant to be well under way by now, writes Jim Green. But in fact, nuclear's share of world power generation is on a steady long term decline, and new reactors are getting ever harder to build, and finance. The only real growth area is decommissioning, but that too has a problem: where's the money to pay for it?
Running in reverse: the world's 'nuclear power renaissance' Dr Jim Green | 29th January 2015 News Nuclear Energy UK Japan EU USA France Germany Japan Saudi Arabia Africa …
Decades of deceit have been thrown overboard with the new nuclear sales pitch, argues JIM GREEN. The new sales pitch openly links nuclear power to weapons and argues that weapons programs will be jeopardised unless greater subsidies are provided for the civil nuclear industry
… them a rich opportunity promote critical reviews of the risks of expanding nuclear … current supporters and he will face critical reviews from detractors of these essays. In …
Mining giant BHP was complicit in the Samarco mining disaster in Brazil but the company has not learned from the experience.
BHP betrays international safety efforts Dr Jim Green David Noonan | 15th September 2020 | News Uranium Mining BHP Editor’s Picks Tailings-Olympic-Dam.JPG Mining giant BHP was complicit in the …
A stones throw from where Cuadrilla lost its bid to develop a fracking operation in Lancashire, a solar farm has just won planning permission with widespread local support, writes Ben Lucas. However a 194-turbine offshore wind farm near the Isle of Wight has been refused planning consent.
Solar farm approved at rejected fracking site Ben Lucas DeSmog.uk | 11th September 2015 News Renewables Solar Wind Oceans Politics UK toyota-solar-cut.jpg A stones throw from where Cuadrilla lost its …
Despite the endless rhetoric about a 'nuclear renaissance', there are fewer power reactors today than there were a decade ago, writes Jim Green. The one country with a really big nuclear build program is China, but no one expects it to meet its targets. And with over 200 reactor shut-downs due by 2040, the industry will have to run very hard indeed just to stay put.
Nuclear renaissance? Failing industry is running flat out to stand still Dr Jim Green | 30th January 2016 News Nuclear Technology Energy China UK France USA tihange-cut.jpg Despite the endless …
The months-old protest at Preston New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now about London versus the North. It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness and trying to find a means to resist. And it is about holding on, steadfast, in spite of it all, knowing this is the forgotten frontline of a far greater struggle.
Battered but steadfast: dispatch from Lancashire, England's fracking frontline Mat Hope DeSmog.uk | 8th May 2017 News Fracking Protest England UK Corporations Fossil Fuels polar bear and police close …
Nuclear energy is essential to preserve the world's biodiversity, according to 69 conservation scientists. But there's a mysterious omission in their analysis, writes Jim Green: nuclear weapons proliferation. And after a major exchange of nuclear bombs, and the 'nuclear winter' that would follow, exactly how much biodiversity would survive?
Nuclear power and biodiversity - don't forget WMD proliferation! Dr Jim Green | 18th December 2014 News Nuclear Energy WMD Biodiversity Science Climate Change one-bomb-ruin-day-cut.jpg Nuclear energy …
The battle for the soul of the Conservative party will intensify on the volatile issue of climate change, write Brendan Montague and Matteo Civillini. Energy Secretary Amber Rudd may be among the Tories' greenest but the 'grey blob' led by Owen Paterson may yet defeat her.
Amber Rudd faces climate change battle with Tory 'grey blob' Brendan Montague DeSmog.uk | 13th May 2015 Comment Politics Climate Change UK amber-rudd-flowave-cut.jpg The battle for the soul of the …
The Fukushima disaster was fuelled by Australian uranium but lessons were not learned and the industry continues to fuel global nuclear insecurity with irresponsible uranium export policies.
Australian uranium fuelled Fukushima Dr Jim Green David Noonan | 9th March 2021 | Comment Uranium Mining Nuclear Power Energy Editor’s Picks Yvonne Margarula The Fukushima disaster was fuelled by …
A new report from Friends of the Earth Australia details the catastrophic cost overruns with nuclear power projects.
Nuclear power's economic failure Dr Jim Green | 13th December 2021 | Comment Nuclear Power 1487px-barakah_nuclear_power_plant.jpg A new report from Friends of the Earth Australia details the …
NASA scientist James Hansen is heading to COP21 in Paris to berate climate campaigners for failing to support 'safe and environmentally-friendly nuclear power', writes Jim Green. But they would gladly support nuclear power if only it really was safe and environment friendly. In fact, it's a very dangerous and hugely expensive distraction from the real climate solutions.
Don't nuke the climate! James Hansen's nuclear fantasies exposed Dr Jim Green | 20th November 2015 News Climate Change Energy Nuclear Technology ohi-japan-cut.jpg NASA scientist James Hansen is …