nuclear-news

Opinion:

¶ “UK energy mix faces seismic shift” • These last weeks have been a time when an inescapable set of signals emerges, all pointing in the same direction. The idea that renewables are not competitive with fossil fuels and nuclear power has lost all basis in fact. It’s time to wake up to the energy revolution. [Climate Home]

Wind turbine and moon. Pic: Pixabay.

¶ “Trump’s Toxic Threat: Oblivion To Climate Change, Even In His Backyard” • One of the largely unrecognized dangers of Donald Trump’s slash-and-burn presidential campaign is that his many outrageous statements are causing us to lose sight of the very real threat he poses to our shared environment. [WBUR]

Science and Technology:

¶ A team of Australian National University scientists brought economically competitive solar thermal energy generation closer to reality. They hit a record in efficiency for the technology with a…