Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050 This has been a huge year for the nuclear industry, especially considering the events that took place at COP28. The effects of climate change continue with rapid and severe environmental alterations, such as escalating global temperatures and more extreme weather events, which are already affecting ecosystems, human health, and …
Tag: Energy
Nuclear’s Role in Fighting Climate Change
As tempting as it is, I’ll try not to spend too much time trying to convince you that nuclear power is the answer to how we save the world from the climate crisis. Please recognize my restraint though; advocating for nuclear is deeply engrained into most nuclear engineering curricula. We are taught to internalize many …
numbers of the day
i'm sick of people here giving anecdotal statements...yet they keep saying "we need numbers we need numbers." the numbers are out there. people just have to run them. every day i'm going to run numbers on something that i find would help paint a better picture of where the US is compared to the rest …
Welcome to Bike Town, E.U.
I had heard from friends who studied abroad in Copenhagen that traveling by bike is “the only way to see the city,” but I was totally unprepared for the number of bikes that they have here. The bike lanes are serious—clearly marked, and if a pedestrian dares to step out when the crosswalk is flashing …
Water + Climate
An excerpt taken from Circle of Blue, the non-profit journalism organization reporting the global freshwater crisis that I work for...this excerpt comes from our "Water + Climate" series in the lead-up to the Copenhagen Conference which features news articles linking global climate change and water-related problems in the areas of agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and human …
Climate Blue 