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Multiple articles from Yale Climate Connection
These Yale Climate Connection articles discuss:
Why it’s not good to ignore people’s emotions about climate change. Many people feel helplessness, hopelessness, anger, and fear when they hear about the topic.
How to talk about climate change at social gatherings. A guide to bringing up the topic without turning into Debbie Downer.
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Why don’t U.S. nuclear regulators acknowledge the dangers of climate change?
This Washington Post article discusses why U.S. nuclear regulators won’t acknowledge the dangers of climate change. [Hint: money and Trump].
When America’s fleet of nuclear reactors was designed some four-plus decades ago, few people had ever heard the phrase “climate change.” Today, the global threats of worsening weather patterns […]
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The Green New Deal – Climate Change Denial, politics, and progressive states.
This article discusses how the Green New Deal is putting climate change denial to rest. Now Republicans have pivoted to actually talking-about-talking-about a solution.
This article discusses how some states are already working on the Green New Deal.
Green New Dealers found themselves at loggerheads last week. Members of the nascent […]
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After community uproar in Colorado, company withdraws all Rocky Flats fracking permits
This article discusses a company’s withdrawal of fracking permit requests in the face of significant resistance from local anti-fracking activists. The company wanted to frack for oil and gas close to the former nuclear weapons facility.
In a press release issued this afternoon, Highland Natural Resources has announced that they […]
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Report: Abandoning nuclear power plans ‘would push up carbon emissions’
This article discusses how abandoning nuclear power plans ‘would push up carbon emissions’. Report due to be published on Thursday warns of ‘folly of technological tribalism’.
Nuclear power has a downside, though, its waste. Since we currently cannot make the waste safe, what should we do?
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Are Coastal Nuclear Power Plants Ready for Sea-Level Rise? No.
This article discusses the nuclear power industry and sea level rise. As shorelines creep inland and storms worsen, nuclear reactors around the world face new challenges. Are they ready?
The outer defensive wall of what is expected to be the world’s most expensive nuclear power station is taking shape […]
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2018 Is Shaping Up to Be the Fourth-Hottest Year. Yet We’re Still Not Prepared for Global Warming.
This article discusses how the planet is heating up, and we are not doing enough to stop it.
This summer of fire and swelter looks a lot like the future that scientists have been warning about in the era of climate change, and it’s revealing in real time how unprepared […]
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WHAT ARE COASTAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS DOING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE THREATS?
This article discusses how, as shorelines creep inland and storms worsen, nuclear reactors around the world face new challenges.
The outer defensive wall of what is expected to be the world’s most expensive nuclear power station is taking shape on the shoreline of the choppy gray waters of the Bristol […]
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Study: Fearing climate change, experts in San Diego warn U.S. nuclear industry faces collapse
This article discusses the impending collapse of the nuclear energy industry. The United States is on the verge of losing more than half of its low-carbon energy as the fight against climate change reaches a critical point — a reality the country hasn’t fully grappled with.
That’s according to findings recently […]
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USGS: Small earthquake detected in Louisa
This article discusses a recent earthquake in Louisa County, near the Lake Anna Nuclear Power Plant.
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