We need to talk about nuclear. And I mean really talk, in a truth-and-reconciliation, moving-forward kind of way, not a let’s-all-shout-slogans-at-each-other, my-tribe-versus-your-tribe kind of way. Serious people are finally talking about decarbonizing national economies by mid-century, but such talk must be accompanied by credible plans – and no plan can be considered credible if […]
Tag: Geopolitics
IFT: The Secret of Eternal Growth
The physics behind pro-growth environmentalism… […]
The Guardian: Trump’s influence on the future of clean energy is less clear than you think
The president-elect is a political novice whose energy plan doesn’t account for the economic reality of coal and renewable energy. […]
Bright Blue: On Energy, Europe and Brexit
In the energy sphere, the UK should be looking for three things as part of the renegotiation of its relationship with Europe: for the EU to complete the single market; for the EU to stop meddling in decisions better taken at UK level; and for root-and-branch reform of the EU-ETS carbon trading scheme. […]
UN Sustainable Development Goals – Let’s Not Sleepwalk to Disaster
In September 2015 the UN is due to adopt a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to replace the successful Millennium Development Goals and govern its development work over the next 15 years. […]