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A 100% renewable energy payoff
A new Stanford University study, published in Energy and Environmental Science, shows how 145 countries could attain 100% renewable energy economies within six years. That transition would also create millions more jobs than “business-as-usual” scenarios, the study finds. An excerpt: “The world is undergoing a transition to clean, renewable energy to reduce air pollution, global…
Read MoreDirector General Grossi Alarmed by Shelling at Ukraine NPP, says IAEA Mission Vital for Nuclear Safety and Security
Media statement by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Read MoreWhat is really going on at Zaporizhzhia?
On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Linda Pentz Gunter’s Hot Story looks at the confusing and alarming news coming out of Ukraine about the status of — and conflict around — the six reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Listen here. An excerpt: “What on earth is going on at Ukraine’s six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant? The…
Read MoreReactors at risk: Nuclear Hotseat
Dr. Edwin Lyman of Union of Concerned Scientists is this week’s interview on Nuclear Hotseat How many reactors are there in war-torn Ukraine and how great are the risks they now face in these extreme conditions? This week on Nuclear Hotseat, host Libbe HaLevy asks Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety with the Union…
Read MoreIs “duck and cover” really back?
You would think all you need to do in the event of a nuclear attack was to revive the nonsense of “duck and cover”, watching the recent New York City Office of Emergency Management PSA suggesting a nuclear attack could be survivable. Now, non-proliferation, peace and disarmament groups have pushed back. This week on Nuclear…
Read MoreGroups condemn green light for new nuke
The UK government has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for EDF’s proposed two-reactor project at Sizewell on the eroding Suffolk coastline, a project that has been widely opposed by locals, scientists, and wildlife organizations. This is the press release from Together Against Sizewell C in response to the decision: After eighteen months of careful…
Read MoreUnited front against nuclear in Wales
Beyond Nuclear is a partner in and a speaker at the forthcoming conference to oppose nuclear power in Wales to be held July 23 in the historic castle town of Caernarfon. The conference has been convened to coordinate opposition to recent British and Welsh Government pronouncements supporting new nuclear power stations at Wylfa in Anglesey and…
Read MoreNew radiation levels at Chornobyl?
Greenpeace International Press Release Near the ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, an international team of radiation experts led by Greenpeace Germany is examining abandoned Russian positions for radioactive contamination. Trenches and dugouts were built by Russian soldiers during their occupation of the Chornobyl site in March. About 600 soldiers were deployed there. The…
Read More“Strike first”. Daniel Ellsberg recalls
Defuse Nuclear War has released two short video podcasts with Daniel Ellsberg, directed by Oscar-nominee Judith Ehrlich. Ellsberg is well-known for leaking the Pentagon Papers. But before that, he was a high-level nuclear war planner. Ellsberg has spent the last 50 years truth-telling about the threat of nuclear conflict. Watch below.
Read MoreGov. Lujan Grisham statement on Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision to approve Holtec project
See the media statement by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (pictured above) here.
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