nuclear
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Closing nuclear plants risks rise in greenhouse gas emissions, report warns
Environmentalists are divided over nuclear energy, the single largest source of low-carbon electricity.
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A nuclear plant designed like Fukushima is right in Florence’s path
The North Carolina plant has survived decades of run-ins with hurricanes, but Florence could be its biggest test yet.
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Most paths to a clean-energy future start the same way
Fights over renewable standards and nuclear power can be vicious. Here's a list of things that climate hawks agree on.
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Rich countries invested less money in renewables last year. U.S. cities are picking up the slack.
“The rise of solar power over the past decade has been largely driven by cities.”
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California has an ambitious plan to tackle climate change. Could it work?
Here’s your primer on California’s far-reaching climate plan.
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Why anti-nuclear enviros just aren’t the same as climate deniers
A New York Times columnist says that if you don't want to build new nuclear plants, you're as big a problem as climate science deniers. He is wrong.
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Don’t panic! Fukushima radiation just hit the West Coast
It took more than two years, but the ocean-borne radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi plant is finally detectable on U.S. shores.
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America’s best-known nuclear family gets mural at world’s best-known nuclear disaster
Street artists have started covering walls within the no-go zone of Chernobyl with advertising from the world's nuclear power companies -- and a family portrait of America’s favorite family with a nuclear safety officer dad.