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- Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/nuclear-energy-climate-france-germany/ 2 comments
- Led by France, 10 EU countries call on Brussels to label nuclear energy as green https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/11/led-by-france-10-eu-countries-call-on-brussels-to-label-nuclear-energy-as-green-source 139 comments
- Does nuclear power have a place in a green-energy future? https://news.yahoo.com/does-nuclear-power-have-a-place-in-a-green-energy-future-170518028.html 31 comments environment
- Finland’s Greens soften stance on nuclear energy https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/finlands-greens-soften-stance-on-nuclear-energy/ 61 comments europe
- Green New Deal activists dismiss nuclear power as clean energy alternative https://www.axios.com/green-new-deal-activists-dismiss-nuclear-power-98c6d22e-2777-4da7-b208-0e1805aed764.html 84 comments politics
- The Energy 202: Green New Deal is already sparking debate over nuclear energy https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/02/11/the-energy-202-green-new-deal-is-already-sparking-debate-over-nuclear-energy/5c6068621b326b66eb098676/?utm_term=.795902185b3c 23 comments politics
- MEPs set to block plan deeming nuclear and gas energy ‘green’ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/meps-set-to-block-plan-deeming-nuclear-and-gas-energy-green-1.4858737 19 comments upliftingnews
- This is How the European Commission Classifies Nuclear Energy and Gas to Be ‘Green’ https://evolvera.tech/2022/02/04/why-does-the-european-commission-want-to-declare-nuclear-energy-and-gas-to-be-green/ 13 comments energy
- This is How the European Commission Classifies Nuclear Energy and Gas to Be ‘Green’ https://evolvera.tech/2022/02/04/why-does-the-european-commission-want-to-declare-nuclear-energy-and-gas-to-be-green/ 3 comments europe
- Ten EU countries call on Brussels to label nuclear energy as green https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/11/led-by-france-10-eu-countries-call-on-brussels-to-label-nuclear-energy-as-green-source 388 comments energy
- Finland - Finnish Green Party change stance and support Nuclear Energy https://www.srf.ch/news/international/klimapolitik-die-gruenen-in-finnland-setzen-auf-atomstrom?ns_source=mobile&srg_sm_medium=tw&_lrsc=90406b4b-bb15-4625-8508-081d6977349e 161 comments europe
- Nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hopes for ultimate green energy source http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/12/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-green-energy-source?cmp=twt_fd 31 comments technology
- Nuclear energy is green energy, says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/28/nuclear-energy-is-green-energy-says-iaea-chief-rafael-grossi 102 comments europe
- Habeck's Meltdown: Nuclear Energy Standby Proposal Has Germany's Greens Seeing Red https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/habeck-s-meltdown-nuclear-energy-standby-proposal-has-germany-s-greens-seeing-red-a-8825c5c4-91bf-41c9-a4d9-4d6a91856ce2?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph 59 comments europe
- Are Gas and Nuclear Energy Green? European Lawmakers Say Yes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/world/europe/eu-green-energy-gas-nuclear.html 17 comments worldnews
- Is nuclear energy green or not? Canadian federal government sending conflicting messages, critics say https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/is-nuclear-energy-green-or-not-federal-government-sending-conflicting-messages-critics-say 157 comments worldnews
- EU plans to label gas and nuclear energy 'green' prompt row https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59850093 15 comments worldnews
- Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/nuclear-energy-climate-france-germany/ 379 comments europe
- Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/nuclear-energy-climate-france-germany/ 6 comments energy
- Germany welcomes EU 'green' energy plan on gas, still opposes nuclear https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/germany-welcomes-eu-green-energy-plan-on-gas-still-opposes-nuclear 19 comments worldnews
- Finnish Green Party Chairman: "We have no dogmatic position, only a small minority of voters voted against nuclear energy," "Before, and until today, people resisted nuclear energy for ideological reasons." http://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2018/6/26/the-greens-are-no-longer-anti-nuclearin-finland-1 9 comments europe
- EU Parliament declares nuclear power and gas as "green" energy. (Hahahaha … language is political, as Orwell warned) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/world/europe/eu-green-energy-gas-nuclear.html 105 comments economy
- Led by France, 10 EU countries call on Brussels to label nuclear energy as green source https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/11/led-by-france-10-eu-countries-call-on-brussels-to-label-nuclear-energy-as-green-source 12 comments environment
- Led by France, 10 EU countries call on Brussels to label nuclear energy as green source https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/11/led-by-france-10-eu-countries-call-on-brussels-to-label-nuclear-energy-as-green-source 3246 comments worldnews
- Estonia leads the EU Green Deal by investing in Nuclear Energy https://news.err.ee/1058690/three-municipalities-interested-in-hosting-nuclear-power-plant 53 comments europe
- Radiation Is Put to Good Use for Once in Chernobyl - The infamous nuclear wasteland is now home to the world’s unlikeliest green energy experiment. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-12/radiation-is-put-to-good-use-for-once-in-chernobyl 6 comments technology
- Why green energy might not solve the power crunch: As the world turns its back on nuclear power in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster, experts worry green energy can't pick up the slack. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/120508/green-energy-renewable-nuclear-power-crunch 80 comments worldnews
- Nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hopes for ultimate green energy source | Scientists have moved a step closer to achieving sustainable nuclear fusion and almost limitless clean energy. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/12/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-green-energy-source 15 comments worldnews
- Obama defunds nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev. So it's green energy except for that kind that provides Europe with 80 percent of its power. This oughta be easy http://www.reuters.com/article/pressreleasesmolt/idustre5464a020090507 3 comments politics
- EU member states to sue Brussels for classifying fossil fuel gas and nuclear power as green energy https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/eu-gas-nuclear-green-energy-taxonomy-b2007126.html 3 comments technology
- At this rate, it’s going to take 363 years to transform the energy system. In fact, we would have to add the equivalent of a new green nuclear plant every day to achieve the Paris Agreement objectives by 2050. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610457/at-this-rate-its-going-to-take-nearly-400-years-to-transform-the-energy-system/ 26 comments science
- Germany’s Unlikely Champion Of a Radical Green Energy Path. The disaster at Fukushima convinced Chancellor Angela Merkel that nuclear power would never again be a viable option. Now she has embarked on the world’s most ambitious plan to power an industrial economy on renewable energy. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/germanys_unlikely_champion_of_a_radical_green_energy_path/2401/ 23 comments technology
- Yes, the Obama administration's green loans are unprofitable. They should be. From nuclear energy to the internet to literally thousands of other discoveries, government science funding has been enormously productive and beneficial to both business and society. http://theweek.com/article/index/272452/yes-the-obama-administrations-green-loans-are-unprofitable-they-should-be 470 comments politics
- Poland and Czechia: There is no evidence-based reason to exclude nuclear energy from the EU Green New Deal Package https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/help-coal-dependent-countries-switch-to-nuclear-mi 531 comments europe
- Austria launches legal challenge against EU's labelling of natural gas & nuclear energy as "green" investments https://eutoday.net/news/politics/2022/austria-launches-legal-challenge-against-eus-labelling-of-natural-gas-nuclear-energy-as-green-investments 3 comments environment
- Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps. • The French government wants to build reactors. The German government wants to shut them down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/18/nuclear-energy-climate-france-germany/ 59 comments europes
- Impacts of Green New Deal Energy Plans on Grid Stability, Costs, Jobs, Health, and Climate in 143 Countries: a transition to 100% Wind-Water-Solar energy should reduce private and social costs substantially without the need for nuclear power, fossil fuels with carbon capture, or bioenergy. https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/s2590-3322(19)30225-8 42 comments science
- Researcher: Brussels is paving the way for nuclear power’s green revival - In all likelihood, the European Commission will table a proposal in the coming months to include nuclear energy in the EU’s green finance taxonomy, said Thomas Pellerin-Carlin, a researcher at the Jacques Delors Institute. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/interview/researcher-brussels-is-paving-the-way-for-nuclear-powers-green-revival/ 3 comments energy
- Germany One Step Closer to Nuclear-Free Future as Three of Six Power Plants Go Offline. "By massively increasing renewable energy and accelerating the expansion of the electricity grid we can show that this is possible in Germany," the country's Green economy and climate minister said. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/31/germany-one-step-closer-nuclear-free-future-three-six-power-plants-go-offline 69 comments worldnews
- Germany urgently needs to expand and update its power grid to meet its goal of phasing out nuclear energy and going green, but development appears to have short circuited. A member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet is calling for a radical change: the partial nationalization of the grid. http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/member-of-merkel-cabinet-calls-for-nationalization-of-german-power-grid-a-877576.html 4 comments worldnews