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Diné Activist Warns Against New Uranium Mining Amid Renewed Nuclear Energy Push
Organizer Leona Morgan highlights the risks of the uranium mining required to produce nuclear power.
Biden Is Pushing a Massive Nuclear Energy Expansion. Will Trump Follow Through?
US representatives at COP29 seem to hope the controversial power source will be a palatable climate solution for Trump.
Ohio’s Political Crisis Has Impeded Its Clean Energy. Democracy May Be Next.
The GOP supermajorities in Ohio’s gerrymandered state legislature have implemented a flood of voter restrictions.
War Against Renewables Takes Terrifying Turn in Newsom’s Nuke-Powered California
PG&E now says it won’t test its reactor in Diablo Canyon for deadly embrittlement this year as planned.
Fish Caught Near Fukushima Exceeds Limit of Radioactive Cesium by 180 Times
The fish was caught near a drainage outlet where water will be treated and released from the power plant next month.
Nuclear Plant Shuts Down After New Leak Near Mississippi River
Federal regulators are monitoring the area amid concerns that radioactive materials could wind up in drinking water.
The Nuclear “War” in Ukraine May Not Be the One We Expect
It’s not just Zaporizhzhia we have to worry about: There are 14 other nuclear power plants in the war zone.
Wind and Solar Could Outpace Coal and Nuclear Power in the US This Year
However, gas production likely broke an annual record in the U.S. last year, according to the latest federal data.
Nuclear Power Isn’t Clean — It Creates Hellish Wastelands of Radioactive Sewage
Nuclear power carries with it an unbearable price tag: nightmarish contamination and the threat to survival itself.
Nuclear Power Is Too Risky Even in Peacetime. Ukraine Is the Tip of the Iceberg.
Fears about fires at Ukraine’s power plant in war-torn Zaporizhzhia underscore the broader dangers of nuclear energy.