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nuclear plants lit up at night

Nuclear energy: a distraction on the road to climate solutions

By Sharon Squassoni | Climate Change

windmills and solar panels

The five things that must happen for renewables to fit into the grid: Interview with Greg Nemet

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

magnet being lowered into place at ITER

Fusion’s role in fighting climate change

By Robert J. Goldston, Jacob A. Schwartz | Climate Change, Fusion Energy, Special Topics

antinuclear energy protest in Berlin

Nuclear fear: the irrational obstacle to real climate action

By Kerry Emanuel | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

soybeans wilt in cracked earth below partly cloudy sky

Agricultural emissions are not on the menu at COP26

By Tom Philpott | Climate Change

UK PM Boris Johnson at COP26

Dear UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a slight correction

By | What’s New at the Bulletin

Youth holding signs at climate protest

Fed up: High stakes but lower hopes in run-up to COP26

By John Morales | Climate Change

Sea nettle jellyfish swimming at Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. Credit: Photollama. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jellyfish attack nuclear power plant. Again.

By Susan D’Agostino | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Joe Manchin smiling at rally

Joe Manchin listens to WV climate activists. But does he hear them?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

gas burner flames

Despite pledges to take action, almost no nations are cutting down fossil fuel production

By Damian Carrington | Climate Change

A rare spotting of a blue whale tail fluke. Credit: Mike Baird. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Nuclear bomb detectors reveal hidden blue whale population

By Susan D’Agostino | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Yellow Warbler

First came global warming. Then hurricanes. Then more migratory bird deaths?

By John Morales | Analysis, Climate Change, Columnists, Personal Essay