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"For decades, we’ve been told that closing #nuclear plants is a good thing, yet a growing body of research shows that it’s far safer and cleaner than coal and gas." (1)

To fulfill promises of Diablo Canyon closure, California ignores fossil fuel emissions

In a cruel twist, California needs fossil fuels to protect us from the environmental dangers caused by our over-reliance on them in the first place, writes The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. |...

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"When it comes to flooding, we’d rather live in a warmed climate with flood protection than live in a preindustrial climate with preindustrial flood protection." Read @PatrickTBrown31 on flood exposure and risk:

Are Floods Dramatically Increasing Due to Climate Change? (Part Two)

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"Every unit of clean electricity from a nuclear power plant requires excavating just 30% or 23% the mass of rock and metal, compared to an equal unit of solar or onshore wind electricity." Read @wang_seaver on the mining impacts of clean energy @TheBTI :

It's Settled, More Nuclear Energy Means Less Mining

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With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, @fredstaffordcs argues it’s time to revive a New Deal politics of public power—one in which nuclear energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority should be front and center:

We Need a Nuclear New Deal

And the Tennessee Valley Authority is the perfect utility to manage it.

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Climate change is not like an asteroid: it doesn't happen all at once. There isn't one specific deadline we can point to. A better metaphor? Climate change is like diabetes: a long-term condition that requires ongoing care. @TedNordhaus @atrembath

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When #nuclear reactors are taken off the grid, fossil fuel use — and the emissions that come with them — consistently increase. Will shutting down Diablo Canyon, which generates more than all of CA’s wind and half of its solar power be any different?

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. @SuzyHobbsBaker : "Advanced nuclear reactors must be thoughtful. They must be iconic. They must be beautiful. We have to get it right from the beginning." #WholeEarthDiscipline

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Think twice before calling someone a science denier. @TedNordhaus @TheBTI

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The NRC announced that Diablo Canyon is allowed to operate while its owners & regulators go through the painstaking process of determining what special actions are needed to keep it running for another 20 years. This is a big deal for the NRC - here's why:

The NRC Comes Through on Diablo Canyon

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Eating meat comes with lots of externalities to consider, including its land-use intensity. Cultivated meats, in comparison, are 98% less land intensive than beef per 100 grams of protein. Learn more about meat alternatives in our new report:

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If we use up nature, we will be miserable. If we wall ourselves off from nature, we will be miserable. @Emma_Marris

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"We can take inspiration from the 'defund the police' movement. What if we expand our thinking and find money to fund renewables by defunding the $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies every year?" - @leahstokes #BTIWebinar

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Entrenching poverty by limiting fossil fuel investment won’t solve climate change, argue @vijramachandran and @AW_Baker :

Let Them Eat Carbon

Entrenching Poverty by Limiting Fossil Fuel Investment Won’t Solve Climate Change

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The only thing the NRC wants from advanced nuclear is nothing. That has to change:

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Efforts to close Diablo Canyon relied on a preposterous claim: that it would be cheaper to close the plant—which provides 10% of CA’s electricity—and replace it with RE and energy efficiency investments. It's worth interrogating the basis of that claim:

The Faulty Diablo Canyon Study that Started it All

With the California Legislature currently debating Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to keep Diablo open, a reckoning of how CEERT concluded that it was cheaper to close Diablo, how its flawed...

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Premature shutdowns of nuclear plants in developed countries have caused additional annual CO2 emissions equal to combined annual emissions from 37 African countries, find @OSGuido and @wang_seaver :

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"Norway is effectively telling Africa: We’ll stay rich, keep you from developing, and send some charity your way as long as you keep your emissions down." — BTI's @vijramachandran in @ForeignPolicy :

Rich Countries’ Climate Policies Are Colonialism in Green

At COP26, developed-world governments are working to keep the global south poor.

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Meat and dairy alternatives are much more climate-friendly than all animal-based foods—even chicken produced in the US—when the carbon opportunity cost of production is accounted for, writes @SaloniShah101 :

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On a regular day in 1965, @stewartbrand put on his jumpsuit, top hat, and sandwich board, and set off to the UC Berkeley campus armed with buttons he had made for distribution. Seeing Different: a series inspired by our 2019 Paradigm Award Winner.

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Delighted to announce @charlesjkenny as our 2022 Paradigm Award winner! His work on human development and the economics of happiness are foundational components of this summer's @TheBTI Dialogue theme: “Progress Problems.” Learn more here:

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If we are to successfully #decarbonize , we’ll need a lot of reactors. Getting there will require a smoother, faster process from #design to flipping the switch - part of that has to be the NRC making timely decisions, as it did in the case of Vogtle 3:

What the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Got Right at Vogtle 3

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. @DataProgress ’ @MarcelaMulh is very excited to talk about permitting reform at #DeregulatingAbundance

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7 years

Can We Love Nature and Let It Go? @Emma_Marris makes the case for ‘interwoven decoupling’ in @TheBTI Journal

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Nuclear power plant closures consistently result in increased emissions. In the case of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, it meant an additional 37 million metric tons of additional emissions for California. Learn more:

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"The first full month without [Indian Point] has seen a 46% increase in the average carbon intensity of statewide electric generation compared to when the [nuclear plant] was fully operational" — @sunraysunray When nuclear plants close, emissions rise.

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California gave waivers to natural gas plants that were slated to close because they use ocean water for cooling. No such waiver was offered to Diablo Canyon — despite it being the state’s largest source of #CleanEnergy . @TedNordhaus @jamesonmcb

California is choosing natural gas over Diablo Canyon’s clean energy

“There is an obvious alternative to keeping the state’s dirtiest gas plants online for years to come.” | Opinion

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California gave waivers to natural gas plants that were slated to close because they use ocean water for cooling. No such waiver was offered to Diablo Canyon — despite it being the state’s largest source of #CleanEnergy . @TedNordhaus @jamesonmcb

California is choosing natural gas over Diablo Canyon’s clean energy

“There is an obvious alternative to keeping the state’s dirtiest gas plants online for years to come.” | Opinion

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3 years

The actual technological pathways to deeply decarbonizing the entire global economy are few and far between, writes @TedNordhaus . Nuclear is without question one of them.

On Anti-Nuclear Bullshit

Ted Nordhaus examines the lies and "bullshit" that have become pervasive in anti-nuclear rhetoric.

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Decarbonization requires more mining. How much more depends on the energy technologies used. A new @TheBTI report concludes all clean energy technologies are leagues better than fossil fuels, with nuclear energy having the smallest mining footprint:

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Michigan's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, an 800-megawatt reactor plant, shut down more than a week early last Friday.

The U.S., Struggling To Curb Emissions, Just Lost Another Nuclear Power Plant

Despite efforts by the Biden administration and Michigan's governor, the Palisades nuclear plant shut down 11 days early.

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3 years

"When nations build nuclear plants, emissions reliably fall and when they shut them down, as we’ve witnessed over the last decade in Japan and California, they reliably rise." @TedNordhaus cuts through anti-nuclear "bullshit" in his latest piece:

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Climate feedback loops garner lots of attention, but less-appreciated social feedback loops affect the generation of climate science itself, with serious consequences. Read @PatrickTBrown31 's piece for Breakthrough Journal on the meta-science of climate:

The Social Feedback Loops That Constrain Climate Science

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5 years

. @TheBTI Dialogue starts TOMORROW and we couldn't be more excited. Follow along with #WholeEarthDiscipline .

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6 years

Chicken without the bird? David Kay of @MemphisMeats explains that meat requires 23 calories of inputs for every calorie of output, so cell-based meat can significantly lessen the environmental impacts of our food system. #Ecomodernism2018

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3 years

"Every indication suggests that the @californiapuc should carefully review both its medium-term grid reliability planning and its decision to force Diablo Canyon’s retirement," writes BTI's @Dr_A_Stein :

If California Is Serious about Its Clean Energy Future, Shutting Down…

Every indication suggests that the CPUC should carefully review its medium-term grid reliability planning and its decision to close Diablo Canyon.

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"To electrify everything, from our businesses to our homes, we will need nuclear energy." BTI's Alex Trembath via this segment on growing pro-nuclear environmentalism from @CBSMornings ' @benstracy :

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The World Bank and IMF are getting it wrong on climate change; the poorest countries should not be forced to pivot to emissions reduction to qualify for loans,, argue @vijramachandran and @AW_Baker .

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The Breakthrough Dialogue is one of the most important things we do at @TheBTI : we bring together our network, new friends, and critics, and talk about important environmental challenges facing our world today. This year's event starts today! Follow along with #RisingTides .

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The externalities from animal agriculture, such as GHG emissions and health impacts, cost the American public at least $388 billion per year. Alternatives to animal-based meat can help with that:

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Watch now: @TheBTI 's executive director @TedNordhaus testifying on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reform before the House Energy and Commerce Committee:

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2 years

Shutting down the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan will be equivalent to tearing down almost every wind turbine in the state, argue @JonahMessinger and @RFMeraxes :

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"The real question is this: what are the trade-offs between the damages associated with mining for minerals needed for #decarbonization and the damages of not reducing #emissions ?" New analysis from @TheBTI 's @juzel_lloyd 👇

The Costs of Mining

How a troubled lithium mine in Nevada illustrates the challenges of a clean energy transition.

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A New Day for Nuclear Advocacy…and Environmentalism? Union of Concerned Scientists Becomes First Major Environmental Group to Publicly Back Policy Support for Nuclear Energy @TedNordhaus ’s latest @TheBTI

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If @NuScale_Power 's reactors cost the anticipated amount, they'd be competitive with natural gas up to discount rates of 5% with reference gas prices, 7.5% with high gas prices, and 3% with low gas prices. Learn more here:

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In attempt to calculate risk, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been writing extreme "worse case" scenarios for years. However, this past year the NRC has staffed a new team of engineers who are calculating the unimaginable: #BreakthroughInstitute

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Break With Reality

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4 years

We calculate that each ton of carbon reduced in 2020 will come at the cost of $1,750 in reduced economic activity. This is more than an order of magnitude more expensive than clean energy technologies available today.

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When #nuclear reactors are taken off the grid, fossil fuel use — and the emissions that come with them — consistently increase. Will shutting down Diablo Canyon, which generates more than all of CA’s wind and half of its solar power be any different?

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Nuclear power plant closures consistently result in increased emissions. In the case of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, it meant an additional 37 million metric tons of additional emissions for California, write @Dr_A_Stein & @jamesonmcb :

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4 years

The Breakthrough Institute's statement on the murder of George Floyd and the current civil unrest.

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6 years

Are cities the answer to our environmental problems? Maybe, but it's a big issue that deserves deep engagement. #RisingTides "I hope by the end of this session you are usefully confused." - @CharlesCMann

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"Air pollution is a very different challenge than climate change. It's highly local and regional, and mitigation has immediate impact." - @erikolsonn , summer fellow, in his final presentation.

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Why you won’t hear about @TheBTI ’s work today.

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BREAKING: BTI's @jamesonmcb and @Dr_A_Stein sent a letter to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Sen. Joe Manchin urging Congress to expand federal tax credits for clean energy to include advanced nuclear energy.

CONGRESSIONAL LETTER: The Breakthrough Institute Urges Congress to…

BTI's Jameson McBride and Dr. Adam Stein sent a letter urging Congress to expand federal tax credits for clean energy to include advanced nuclear energy.

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"State regulators are failing to eliminate fossil fuels from CA’s energy stock, and with alternatives lacking in scale, @TheBTI 's experts believe a more realistic path to achieving CA’s climate goals is by salvaging our last nuclear facility." (2)

To fulfill promises of Diablo Canyon closure, California ignores fossil fuel emissions

In a cruel twist, California needs fossil fuels to protect us from the environmental dangers caused by our over-reliance on them in the first place, writes The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. |...

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"And yet even faulty technical concepts and practices are difficult to move away from because of the climate industry that benefits from them -- and the heightened views of risk they support." @JessicaWeinkle for @thebti 's Journal:

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Nuclear power plant closures consistently result in increased emissions. In the case of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, it meant an additional 37 million metric tons of additional emissions for California, write @Dr_A_Stein & @jamesonmcb . Learn more:

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Meat and dairy alternatives are much more climate-friendly than all animal-based foods—even chicken produced in the US—when the carbon opportunity cost of production is accounted for. Read our analysis:

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Why do progressives hate progress? @sapinker kicks off the first panel of the Breakthrough Dialogue. #DemocracyInTheAnthropocene

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💡 Our new report, "Advancing Nuclear Energy," is out today! We find that advanced #nuclearenergy can play a valuable role in the US #cleanenergy transition and national energy security. Read the key findings here:

Advancing Nuclear Energy

Evaluating Deployment, Investment, and Impact in America’s Clean Energy Future

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4 years

We're hosting a webinar with @leahstokes , @vsiv of @ColumbiaUEnergy , and @atrembath on the role of clean energy deployment policy and how existing solar and wind tech fits into pathways towards decarbonization. 6.4.20 10am PT / 1pm ET. Register here:

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NEW REPORT: @wang_seaver and @juzel_lloyd confront a glaring issue that the climate community and solar sector have avoided for too long: Solar manufacturing in Xinjiang is linked to forced labor and environmental injustice, and we need to act.

Confronting Solar's Human Rights Problem

New report, "Sins of a Solar Empire," calls for solar industry to address unethical solar photovoltaic manufacturing in Xinjiang.

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Nuclear power plant closures consistently result in increased emissions. In the case of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, it meant an additional 37 million metric tons of additional emissions for California, write @Dr_A_Stein & @jamesonmcb :

Closure of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Increased Emissions in…

Closing nuclear power plants consistently increase emissions.

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After a short hiatus, Breakthrough Journal will be relaunching on Substack. We will publish essays on topics relevant to climate politics, environmentalism, development, and more. Read our launch post, from @TedNordhaus , @atrembath , and @alexjmssmith here:

Reconstructing a Center That Can Hold

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6 years

Our Mangaging Editor, @egbrush23 , is thrilled to see her hard work in print. The latest @TheBTI Journal is bursting full with fascinating ideas, including pieces by @sapinker , @vsiv , @tishaschuller , and @symons_jon . Find the full online version here:

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We're excited to welcome our 2021 Senior Fellows: Jennifer Hernandez, @gyude_moore , @jessicadjewell , @KenCaldeira , and @linusblomqvist ! Learn more here:

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"If you wanna start up [the US nuclear industry] again, you’ve got to get serious about building new plants, about training the workforce, about developing a fuel supply that’s not dependent on Russia." ICYMI, @TedNordhaus with @CNBC 's @SullyCNBC :

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Food insecurity is a persistent challenge in African countries with low farm productivity. Western govts and eNGOs must come to grips with the fact that African farmers needs more fertilizer. Read @vijramachandran + @alexjmssmith in Breakthrough Journal:

The West Needs to Come to Grips with African Fertilizer Needs

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We’re pleased to announce that @rachellaudan will receive the annual @TheBTI Paradigm Award at the Breakthrough Dialogue this summer.

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4 years

If every American replaced 4 of every 10 meals containing beef with chicken or pork, it would reduce US agricultural emissions by ~20%. But this shift affects beef producers, so rural communities must be part of the conversation. @alexjmssmith @danrejto

We Need to Talk About Ranching

But for lower beef consumption to have the environmental benefits that reducetarians imagine, the beef industry must suffer — there is no plausible way around it. For the industry to survive lower...

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"In the film, the scientists are fully behind the technological alternative. In real life, many climate advocates and experts reject obvious technological solutions like zero-carbon nuclear power," writes @atrembath via @ForeignPolicy :

‘Don’t Look Up’ Peddles Climate Catastrophism as a Morality Tale

Adam McKay’s allegory of climate change revels in a misguided understanding of science.

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1. Our joint NGO comment on Part 53 to the @NRCgov has now been published on ! We're going to need a strong coalition of supporters to see real change in the rulemaking process for nuclear power. Read the full comment below👇

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The claims that growth is endless and the planet is finite aren't very useful. That doesn't mean future ecological collapse isn't possible, but it does mean we must change the kinds of questions we ask in order to build a resilient future. @TedNordhaus

Must Growth Doom the Planet? — The New Atlantis

Ted Nordhaus on limiting growth in an age of stagnation

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It's that time of year again. #BreakthroughGeneration

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It’s the largest climate attitude survey ever conducted, with over 1.2 million respondents from 50 countries. Unfortunately, it’s also not a very good survey — and that’s not by accident. by @KdeKirby

The Largest-Ever Opinion Poll on Climate Change Is Also One of the…

A new climate opinion survey by the United Nations Development Program and Oxford University may be one of the worst. Here's why.

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California just passed a 100% clean energy standard. Check out @TheBTI and @ThirdWayEnergy ’s recent report on the increasingly popular policy:

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The question isn't whether our future food system will be industrial—it already is. Instead, let's ask how it will evolve? Ft. @pcronald @AgBioWorld @TamarHaspel & @jan_dutkiewicz Register for our #BTDialogue live stream here:

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If you're looking to CA as a model for state-level climate action, look with a critical lens. "It's accomplishments are illusory," writes Jennifer Hernandez, " products of deindustrialization, high energy costs, and, more recently, depopulation."

Green Jim Crow

How California’s Climate Policies Undermine Civil Rights and Racial Equity

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"There can be no prosperity in a region wracked by extreme energy poverty. And putting restrictions on the energy choices of the people who need it the most is deeply unethical." @gyude_moore on energy injustice on the African continent

Nuclear Energy is Climate Justice

Why lifting a longtime ban on financing the construction of nuclear power plants in developing nations is a good thing.

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"Solar in India is up to 50% cheaper than in the US. We can learn from India how to deploy clean energy more cheaply in the US. We should consider different policies beyond tax credits and loan guarantees to ramp up deployment faster." - @vsiv #BTIWebinar

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"Our state will need Diablo Canyon’s electrical generation to keep the lights on, and Gov. Gavin Newsom should be leading the charge to accomplish that." New from BTI's @Dr_A_Stein and @atrembath in @CalMatters :

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. @stewartbrand joins @atrembath digitally on the main stage for a live Q&A of the new @StewartBrandDoc “We Are as Gods” 🎥 #EcomodernJustice

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"Power to the Poor" –– Superb essay from @MBazilian on #energypoverty http://t.co/dTErbxMWrP http://t.co/zqAVlg25Xv

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"The most efficient and effective energy transition on record was achieved by central planners deciding how and where to invest." Great piece from @EricLevitz citing our @jamesonmcb :

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Imagine micro nuclear reactors scattered nationally, governed locally, powering cleanly. A distributed nuclear revolution: @J_Lovering @theotherbillmur @jneeley78 @SciSpence @TedNordhaus @RSI @ClearPathFound

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Most state Renewable Portfolio Standards expire in 3-5 years. As states revise their decarbonization mandates, they should consider #CleanEnergyStandards , which would enable much higher targets. It's a huge opportunity for state-level climate leadership:

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“It’s not fair to tell poor countries you need to stop when richer countries are simultaneously increasing their fossil fuel capacity.” — @vijramachandran #EcomodernJustice

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Faster-growing, genetically-engineered trees used for timber production could effectively mitigate climate change by reducing deforestation, writes BTI's @EmmaKovak :

Grow More Trees on Less Land

Could the timber industry be in line for a major sustainability transformation with genetically engineered trees?

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“Most things improve slowly.” @AnnaGapminder #PowerOfProgress

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"Germany made enormous investments in renewables. So why isn’t it on target to meet emissions goals?” @ISSUESinST

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“As environmentalists, we know that to get serious about climate change, we need to radically transform how we get our energy. But we also need to transform our thinking around solutions that will help reach our goals – such as nuclear power.” @J_Lovering :

The Growing Civil Society Coalition For Nuclear Energy

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"Given the historic trends of falling clean energy costs and strengthening climate policy, it seems unlikely that we will remain in a current policy-type world for the remainder of the 21st century," writes @hausfath . It’s time to accelerate that trend.

We’ve Made Progress on Climate – but it’s Time to Accelerate

A decade ago the world seemed on track for a dark climate future. Global emissions were increasing at a rate of 3% per year, China was building a new coal plant every three days, and the idea that...

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We at @TheBTI deeply value two-sided conversations that move beyond tribalism and into pragmatic action. We want to unstick the sticking points and come up with new, productive frameworks. Here are some of the ways we do that. 1/7

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“What was just a trickle of converters a few years ago has become a positive stampede.” @ShellenbergerMD on nuclear

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Nuclear power plant closures have consistently resulted in increased emissions. Closing the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, for example, generated 37 million metric tons of additional emissions for California, write @Dr_A_Stein & @jamesonmcb :

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Announcing the 2020 Paradigm Award Winner: Steve Rayner.

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Advanced #nuclear tech can produce power on demand, but without emissions or air pollution — a valuable complement for sometimes-available renewables like solar and wind. Here's how policymakers can pave the way for this critical #cleanenergy technology

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The five fastest historical decarbonization rates over a ten-year period have all been achieved in nationalized and centralized energy systems. Public power as a climate strategy: @jamesonmcb

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Making carbon-free electricity isn't hard, but matching it to consumer demand every minute, of every day, of every season is. @MattLWald explains how thermal energy storage can help #nuclearenergy generators with this tricky problem:

What is a Nuclear Reactor with Thermal Energy Storage?

And why a utility, or its customers, would like one.

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“Ocean heat content is, in many ways, our best measure of the effect of climate change on the earth." Our Director of Climate & Energy, @hausfath , in @nytimes from @KendraWrites :

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We’re pleased to announce @TheBTI ’s 2017 Senior Fellows @RachelSlaybaugh @samirsaran @JaysonLusk @maureenogle

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