nuclear-news

Book Review:

¶ In a new book, noted environmentalist Lester Brown says the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy will happen much faster than expected.“I think we’re going to see a half-century of change compressed into the next decade,” he says. “And this is partly because the market is beginning to drive this transition.” [PRI]

An electricity power plant smokestack in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Jorge Royan. Wikimedia Commons

Science and Technology:

¶ After several weeks of delays, a solar plane took off from China Saturday for a historic crossing across the Pacific that organizers hope will end in Hawaii in five days. Solar Impulse 2, with André Borschberg manning the controls, was supposed to fly May 4, but repeated bouts of poor weather delayed it. [CBS News]

¶ The Frankfurt School–UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance has published a new study on…