Water scarcity will be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. Desalination offers a way to create water from the sea.
Written by David Watson
November 14, 2019
Here’s How to Get Unlimited Drinking Water from the Ocean Read More »
Thrashing out the sums — land use for different energy forms
Written by David Watson
September 13, 2019
Here’s What Happens if You Replace Nuclear with Onshore Wind or Solar. Read More »
Transport today means fossil fuels. How do we decarbonize the movement of people and goods in an expanding global economy?
Written by Generation Atomic
September 6, 2019
Time for Big Oil to Go Green? Read More »
A 100-year review of the movement that solved climate change and habitat destruction, and changed environmentalism forever.
Written by David Watson
August 26, 2019
2115: A 100-year Review of Ecomodernism Read More »
Exploring how abundant energy leads to longer, healthier lives.
Written by Meredith Joan Angwin
July 29, 2019
When Energy Was Expensive and Lives Were Cheap Read More »
The HBO series about the Chernobyl nuclear accident has received overwhelmingly positive reviews, managing to achieve the highest ever IMDb
Written by Jim Hopf
July 5, 2019
HBO’s Chernobyl: Impacts on Climate Efforts and Public Health Read More »
Uncovering the social problems in nuclear advocacy.
Written by Daniel Chen
June 29, 2019
What HBO’s Chernobyl Can Teach Us. Read More »
The nuclear reactors powering some of the coolest tech from the world of science-fiction.
Written by David Watson
June 21, 2019
7 Awesome Sci-Fi Nuclear Reactors Read More »
For fathers day — let us consider all the ways that nuclear energy is sorta like your dad.
Written by Eric G. Meyer
June 17, 2019
Top 11 Ways Nuclear Energy is sorta like Your Dad Read More »
When it comes to carbon emissions, electricity production is just the tip of the iceberg.
Written by David Watson
June 3, 2019
Hidden emissions: beyond low-carbon electricity. Read More »
I wrote a three-part series on energy accidents to answer the question: “What about Chernobyl?”
Written by Thoughtscapism
May 28, 2019
World’s Worst Environmental Disasters from Energy Production Read More »
In the last article, I put the World’s Deadliest Energy Accidents in Perspective. What about the risk of making large swaths of land….
Written by Thoughtscapism
May 23, 2019
Do Nuclear Accidents Create Radioactive Wastelands? The Surprising Nature of Chernobyl Read More »
Renewables industrialise the landscape to harvest energy. How does this affect the health of our forests and streams?
Written by Meredith Joan Angwin
May 21, 2019
Do We Get Energy from Nuclear, or Take Energy from Forest and Stream? Read More »
When nuclear power comes up, more often than not someone declares that all anyone needs to know can be said with one word: Chernobyl.
Written by Thoughtscapism
May 16, 2019
“What About Chernobyl?” Ranking World’s Deadliest Energy Accidents Read More »
Heading into my first visit to a nuclear power plant, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Here’s what I found.
Written by David Watson
May 13, 2019
Why My First Trip To A Nuclear Plant Was So Memorable Read More »
Movements such as Extinction Rebellion claim we may have to give up flying to abate climate change. But is that really true?
Written by Alasdair Lumsden
May 12, 2019
2050: The end of aviation. Or is it? Read More »
This letter is in response to “A view from the bridge”, a review of three books on Chernobyl, including the recent book by Kate Brown…
Written by David Watson
May 10, 2019
In reponse to “A view from the bridge” (Economist, March 9 2019) Read More »
The story of how I took America’s first Small Modular Reactor from concept to viable product.
Written by NuScale Power
May 3, 2019
How I Launched a Nuclear Startup Read More »
Cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin. Love them or hate them, they are here to stay. It’s time to optimise for their impact on the environment.
Written by David Watson
April 26, 2019
Low-carbon bitcoin — cryptomining that doesn’t cost the world Read More »
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