Tag: Nuclear power

Greens get very worried about the risk of nuclear accidents. But have they considered that the economic devastation of Net Zero will cause far more deaths than were ever suffered by Ukraine after Chernobyl, asks Ben Pile.

Tony Blair is now promoting nuclear power in a new report from his Institute for Global Change. Has he forgotten that it was his Labour Government in the 1990s and 2000s that blocked its development, asks Ben Pile.

The town of Broken Hill in Australia was supposed to showcase running an electricity grid entirely on renewable energy – until, just two weeks in, a single storm left the population without power for days.

David Turver attended the Battle of Ideas in London at the weekend and found that Net Zero is losing: it simply doesn't have the facts on its side. Cracks are appearing in the cosy green Westminster consensus.

Microsoft has 'bought' the Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania to run its energy-hungry AI data centres. It's showing us the future, says Nick Bowler.

The UK's nuclear future hangs in the balance as Energy Secretary Ed Miliband mulls scrapping plans for a massive plant in Wales.

Australia's latest hare-brained scheme to turn the Outback into a giant solar farm resembles a nutty Heath Robinson contraption and may mark the beginning of the end of Australia's renewables romance, says Nick Cater.

While China advances with cutting-edge nuclear power, Britain's green zealots have us stuck with sky-high bills and a nuclear sector in disarray, says Ben Pile.

Newly released documents reveal the Greens engaging in outright fraud to deceive ministers and push the nuclear phase-out in Germany.

France enjoys electricity prices 41% cheaper than Germany thanks to its nuclear industry, while Germany becomes increasingly dependent on unreliable renewables and environmentally harmful biomass.