Analysis
The Future of Nuclear Energy Comes Down to the Fuel
Advanced reactors are on the way, but the United States isn’t making the fuel to run them.
· Matthew L. Wald
Nature Better nature through technology.
Conservation, land use, wildfire and climate, and the politics and economics of development, assembled into one category: the case that intensifying human activity on less land is how wild nature gets room to recover.
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Wildfires
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Decoupling
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Economic Development
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Climate Politics
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Environmentalism
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Conservation
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387 appellate NEPA cases and 1,800 opinions, filterable by state, project type and plaintiff, with the full dataset downloadable.
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Report
Confronting the Solar Manufacturing Industry's Human Rights Problem
New report, "Sins of a Solar Empire," calls for solar industry to address unethical solar photovoltaic manufacturing in Xinjiang.
· Seaver Wang, Juzel Lloyd, Guido Núñez-Mujica
Analysis
How Electricity Deregulation is Shaping Advanced Nuclear Reactor Designs
A deregulated market discourages decarbonization, and shapes what kind of reactors are likely to be built.
· Matthew L. Wald
Analysis
Electricity Deregulation has a Decarbonization Blind Spot
Being low carbon doesn’t get you more revenue in the electric market
· Matthew L. Wald
Analysis
Why Aren’t We Decarbonizing?
Because we told the electricity companies not to.
· Matthew L. Wald
Analysis
Nuclear Shutdowns Have Already Harmed the Planet
Every year, avoidable nuclear power plant shutdowns release CO2 emissions equivalent to 37 African countries
· Guido Núñez-Mujica, Seaver Wang
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Ted Nordhaus
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Director, Energy and Development Email
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