Politicians Push Nuclear ‘Poison Pill’

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Mar 21, 2016 The economics of nuclear power in Europe are in meltdown, leaving taxpayers facing a heavy burden as the industry clings to pledges of huge public cash injections. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.K.’s Nuclear Project Falters Again

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Feb 19, 2016 Hopes of a nuclear revival in Europe are fading as the continent’s biggest new reactor project is put back three years. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Plutonium’s Global Problems Are Piling Up

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Jan 22, 2016 Increasing worldwide stockpiles of surplus plutonium are becoming a political embarrassment, a worrying security risk and a hidden extra cost to the nuclear industry. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

At 70, Baby Boomers Face a New Acid Test

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Dec 30, 2015 Can a generation that turned the world on its ear in so many ways conquer the cancer of corporate domination? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Big Fat Radioactive Lie

By Emily Schwartz Greco / OtherWords Dec 6, 2015 Billionaires are hyping nuclear power as a magic cure for climate change. But there are many reasons why governments should resist their call to pump more tax dollars into nuclear energy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

European Canal Plan Raises the Specter of Chernobyl

By Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 1, 2015 A project to link the Baltic to the Black Sea with a 2,000-kilometer trans-Europe waterway risks disturbing radioactive debris from the 1986 nuclear-plant disaster in Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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A Critical Look at ‘Uranium: Twisting the Dragon’s Tail’

By Stanley Heller Aug 9, 2015 This PBS documentary can’t seem to make up its mind about whether nuclear power is a manageable risk or an untamable beast. It really shouldn’t be that confusing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Scientists Warn Giant Nuclear Sarcophagus in Marshall Islands Is Leaking

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 3, 2015 One hundred and eleven thousand cubic yards of radioactive debris lies within Runit Dome, a “hulking legacy of years of U.S. nuclear testing” whose fragile structure is vulnerable to breaking from violent weather associated with climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Renewable Energy Redoubles Its Global Reach

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jun 27, 2015 As the world economy and energy use both grew in 2014, renewables continued their rapid rise -- but carbon emissions did not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

Louise Rubacky / Truthdig Jun 12, 2015 A team of scientists and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist recount, in the new book "Fukushima," what happens when a catastrophe strikes that no one imagines. Early and often comes the warning: Hubris Ahead. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

China’s Investment in Renewables Soars by a Third

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network May 31, 2015 Despite a slowdown in its economy and the continued reliance on coal, China is pumping billions of dollars into its renewable energy industry. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )