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Category Archives: climate
Bison forests of Białowieża give a glimpse into Europe’s lost past
Maybe they can also offer inspiration for its future? Last month I traveled to the border of Poland and Belarus to one of the last great untouched European forests, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a place of unique wild … Continue reading
Posted in biology, climate, environment, history, society
Tagged biodiversity, conservation, forest, nature, RePlanet
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Berlin Critical Climate Action: roller skating nuclear polar bears fight fossil dinosaurs and Prof Hansen speaks
Environmentalists and Mothers for Nuclear take a stand for the climate fight in Germany, where popular support for nuclear grows while politicians are on track to cause one billion tons of excess emissions due to a 2022 nuclear exit. Continue reading
Posted in climate, energy, environment, nuclear, society
Tagged air pollution, CO2, IPCC, nature
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Decarbonisation at a Discount? Let’s Not Sell Future Generations Short
Economy: an intricate system of mediums of exchange that enables many complex workings of our societies. It’s a wondrous interconnected network of symbols, really, a true testament to human ability of abstract thought. How we should best steer or influence … Continue reading
Posted in climate, energy, finance, nuclear, renewables, society
Tagged children, decarbonisation, discounting, IPCC, time
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The Risks of Failed Risk Assessments On Natural vs Unfamiliar Sources of Energy
German society Nuklearia kindly invited me to write about risk perceptions on the topic of energy on their blog, where this piece originally appeared in German. You can read it in English below. Humans are naturally bad at assessing complex … Continue reading
World’s Worst Energy Accidents in Environmental Perspective
I began my three-part series on energy accidents to answer the question: “What about Chernobyl?” This type of concern invariably comes up whenever nuclear power is discussed, as fear of nuclear accidents is something that is cemented into our cultural … Continue reading
Posted in biology, climate, energy, environment, history, nuclear, renewables, society
Tagged biodiversity, Chernobyl, UN, WHO
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Nuclear is a Crucial Piece of the Carbon-Free Puzzle
The findings of the recent MIT study bear repeating: to achieve a carbon-free grid, exclusion of nuclear would make the effort much, much more expensive. the team’s analysis shows that the exclusion of nuclear from low-carbon scenarios could cause the … Continue reading
UNEP’s Narrow-minded Views on Innovation
World’s energy production needs all the innovation it can get, but UN-director Erik Solheim appears not to have gotten the memo. GUEST AUTHOR: This piece was written by journalist Øystein Heggdal, and it was originally published in the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen on … Continue reading
Off the Press: Nuclear Energy Is a Fast and Inexpensive Way to Improve the World
This piece was originally published in the Finnish newspaper Aamulehti on Friday 8th of November 2017. The article is based on an earlier English blog piece I wrote, which was quite a bit longer than the 4500 character limit at the paper, and … Continue reading
Nuclear Energy Is the Fastest and Lowest-Cost Clean Energy Solution
I’ve joked to my friends that if there is anything that proves how important I consider the clean energy topic to be, it’s me digging into electricity pricing. I have a natural aversion to economics – I’ve demoted that aversion … Continue reading
Posted in climate, energy, finance, nuclear, renewables, society
Tagged batteries, Finnish, IPCC
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Give Nuclear a Seat at the Table
I first saw the giant inflated bubble-igloos at the COP23 area at night, illuminated from inside with a green and violet light, giving them a sort of futuristic bouncy castle -vibe. The circus-sized igloos were to be the location for … Continue reading