Climate Crisis
Bye bye nukes, hello solar
Between 2015 and 2025 global solar energy generation grew tenfold, a new study reveals. Fossil fuels fell by 2% while nuclear, which saw a tiny increase (due to China), is also set to be overtaken by renewables this year. Aditya Lolla, managing director of Ember, which produced the report, told The Guardian, “Clean energy is…
Read MoreNorway says “nuclear renaissance” too expensive
Report illuminates new reactors can’t compete with the accelerating growth of renewable energy The “Survey and assessment of the status of available nuclear reactor technologies and designs” published on March 16, 2026 as the final report on Norway’s energy policy was made public on April 8, 2026. It was prepared by the international team of…
Read MoreFAQs from Don’t Nuke the Climate
Don’t Nuke the Climate, a network of worldwide anti-nuclear and environmental groups of which Beyond Nuclear is a member, has produced a new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Each segment boils down the key message points as to why nuclear power is too expensive, too slow, too dangerous and too dirty and looks at…
Read MoreWorld Added More Than 200-GW of Utility-Scale Solar PV in 2025
Thanks to the Sun Day Campaign for keeping us up to date on the continued soaring progress of renewable energy worldwide, compared to the stagnation and decline of nuclear power. (Contact Ken Bossong to receive updates: [email protected]) “Global large-scale solar capacity surpassed 1-TWac in 2025 as the world added more than 200-GW of new utility-scale…
Read MoreGOING GREEN? Iran war boosts renewables (not nuclear)
Did the fossil fool in the White House accidentally kickstart a global green energy revolution? As Trump continues to shut down oil and gas access from the Middle East with his ongoing threats against Iran, countries are turning to renewables to fill the energy gap. That’s because, unlike small modular reactors, renewables are here now…
Read MoreNo To Nuclear on Nuclear Hotseat
Tune in to this week’s edition of Nuclear Hotseat to hear host Libbe HaLevy’s interview with Beyond Nuclear executive director Linda Pentz Gunter discussing her new book — No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War. (Purchase your copy online by April 8 to receive a 40% off discount!)…
Read MoreWebinar: No to Nuclear
NUCLEAR DISCRIMINATION Join Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear in discussion about her newly published book No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War in a webinar hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action on April 14, 7pm Eastern (US) and moderated by Chris Nord, vice-president of the Citizens Awareness Network. Linda’s book…
Read MoreNo to Nuclear. Get your copy!
New book looks at the human stories along the uranium chain and the true impacts of nuclear power, nuclear weapons and the links between them No To Nuclear. Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress And Provokes War by Beyond Nuclear’s founder Linda Pentz Gunter (pictured), is now available to order from Pluto Press.…
Read MoreRolls-Royce rip-off
Rolls-Royce, perhaps best known for its luxury cars has a new unaffordable project in the works — small modular reactors (SMR). The company has entered the commercial nuclear reactor market, proposing its own SMR design — which, at 470 megawatts, isn’t actually very small at all. Many of Britain’s old Magnox reactors, now all permanently…
Read MoreScottish Labour on the nuclear take?
Rob Edwards, writing in The Ferret, his investigative online news platform, has revealed that the push by the Scottish Labour Party to reverse a ban in Scotland on new nuclear plants, is funded by a PR company heavily invested in the pro-nuclear agenda. “Scottish Labour accepted a donation from a lobbying firm linked to a…
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