Climate Gamble

Climate Gamble - Is Anti-Nuclear Activism Endangering Our Future is a short and thought-provoking book on climate change and nuclear power as a mitigation tool.

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

This is nothing short of a disgrace.

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

Former president @MohamedNasheed of the Maldives - the 'voice of the vulnerables' on behalf of @TheCVF - makes clear that time is running out for 1.5C, and that major emitters need to step up urgently for additional finance and mitigation:

https://t.co/aC0gS1HIek

[Caroline DeWitte @caorilne]

This is huge.

[Simon Wakter @simonwakter]

🇧🇪🔥
"Greens" show their true colours in Belgium.

"The Gents MilieuFront will not appeal against gas power that Luminus wants to build on the Ringvaart in Wondelgem. The environmental organization does not want to risk that the nuclear phase-out in 2025 is endangered."

[Carl Berglöf @CarlBerglof]

Riku Huttunen, DG Energy dept, Ministry of economic affairs and employment🇫🇮, expresses his concern over the Commission’s treatment of #nuclear power in the #taxonomy. “All energy sources should be subject to the same sustainability criteria”, he said in the opening on the #nnf.

[Simon Wakter @simonwakter]

🇪🇺🔥
Is now a good time for a reminder that Nord Stream 2:

- is a corrupt project
- is not important for EU energy security
- undermines EU independence & security
- doesn't make financial sense except for the contractors that get enriched from the project
- must be cancelled?🛑

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

RT if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2022.

[Ville Tulkki @VTulkki]

Tämänpäiväisen Espoo puhuu -tapahtuman taltiointi.

https://t.co/O4rkrTN1f7

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

😳😳

[KirstyGogan @kirstygogan]

Re-powering coal sites with new emissions-free advanced heat sources is the key to our energy transition https://t.co/RDRAqFxv4a @NEI getting ahead of the curve here.

[Climate Gamble @Climate_Gamble]

Seems we get lower cost and lower emissions with larger shares on #nuclear. Very interesting, maybe we should look more closely at this technology, what with the #ClimateEmergency and all.

[Climate Gamble @Climate_Gamble]

Seems we get lower cost and lower emissions with larger shares on #nuclear. Very interesting, maybe we should look more closely at this technology, what with the #ClimateEmergency and all.

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

So, how to meet Germany's new ambitious 2045 net zero goal? The Greens want to do it by shutting down other zero-carbon energy as quickly as possible (i.e. nuclear). Are there any better ideas? What matters most is to get out of coal immediately!

https://t.co/u8Hh7XhIp6

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

The anti-GMO lawsuit against the Impossible Burger has been dismissed. Good news for meat substitutes - and therefore for the broader agenda of land-sparing and rewilding.

https://t.co/RLvYbJYtnA

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

This is brilliant news - Germany is a serious climate laggard with its plan to continue burning coal for nearly 2 more decades. Coal must end NOW and zero carbon long before 2050 if compatible with 1.5C and survival of vulnerable nations. https://t.co/uNGHf2TmgH

[Climate Gamble @Climate_Gamble]

This is both unacceptable and an atrocity towards our #climate and future. Saying one takes steps towards something while actually taking steps in the other direction is just wrong, dishonest and destructive.

[Simon Wakter @simonwakter]

🇧🇪🔥 Belgium has "taken a crucial step to enable the switch to 100% renewable energy".

So how do they do that?

By financing several large new fossil gas plants with government money (and of course getting EU green light on the state aid scheme).🤦‍♂️💸🔥🌍

[Ville Tulkki @VTulkki]

The deafening silence on the huge expansion of new fossil fueled infrastructure in Belgium is a sign that the environmental movement needs to evolve to meet the needs of 21st century.

Anti-nuclearism was the thing in the 1970s, but hey, PRIORITIES? Climate change!

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

One month after the executives of Facebook, Twitter, and Google vowed to crack down on violating content on their platforms, most prominent anti-vax leaders continue to spread misinformation.
New follow-on report by @CCDHate and @AntiVaxWatchOrg https://t.co/25B3AXnmJ0

[Climate Gamble @Climate_Gamble]

@Flroach @kirstygogan Nah, you got it mixed, that was the solar panel minerals.

[KirstyGogan @kirstygogan]

GW-scale new nuclear for $1,990 per kilowatt.