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Great news!
The blight that wiped out American chestnuts kills the trees by producing oxalic acid, which the trees can't metabolize.
Wheat can, and introducing one wheat gene gives the tree the ability to withstand the fungus. I love this project.
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More than 18% of the nation’s power comes from nuclear energy. Let’s bump that up.
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Japan Unveils New Energy Policy Package, Calls for Maximum Use of Nuclear Power jaif.or.jp/en/news/7980
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Food production is among the top causes of biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and emissions worldwide. And yet, much of the world is struggling to optimize the way we make our food.
Technologies that can significantly reduce our reliance on land and energy to feed ourselves already exist — like precision fermentation. But... new tech can seem scary.
It's well overdue for governments to stop dragging their feet on novel food production and invest in alternative ways to get our veggies and proteins.
shorturl.at/PttqG
#NovelTech #FoodProduction #CultivatedMeat
Landspare er vejen frem
What’s the difference between land-sharing and land-sparing agricultural practices? Both methods claim to support biodiversity, but only one is actually effective at doing so.
Learn more in the images below.
#WePlanet #Agriculture #FoodProduction #Biodiversity
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Today, WePlanet is launching our first-ever Giving Day!
We've chosen today's date in honor of the third anniversary of our trailblazing campaign 'Dear Greenpeace.' This was a catalyst campaign for our young organisation, solidifying WePlanet as an advocate for science and evidence-based solutions to the climate crisis.
Here's the background:
In 2022, the European Parliament voted to classify carbon-free nuclear energy as sustainable and to include it in an important list called the "Green Taxonomy" for sustainable finance.
This was a huge win for climate, our communities and land-sparing approaches to energy generation.
But Greenpeace, one of the most influential environmental groups in the world, said that it would sue the EU to try to get nuclear kicked off a crucial investment list.
Read more about the campaign here: weplanet.org/deargreenpeace
And please consider making a donation to WePlanet today. You will be supporting our evidence- and science-based environmental advocacy: shorturl.at/ORLdh
#Donation #GivingBack
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Is Europe having a bad wildfire year?
Our Deputy Editor @_HannahRitchie provides an answer this morning on her Substack, presenting data from Europe's Global Wildfire Information System.
In short, several countries in Europe are having a very large wildfire year, but this is offset by lower burn in the Balkans.
Read it here: hannahritchie.substack.com/p…
WePlanet Denmark retweeted
Cereal yields have increased in all regions, but Africa lags behind.
Improved crop yields have allowed the world to feed billions more people while sparing forests and other land from agriculture.
Global yields of cereal crops have tripled since 1961. As you can see in the chart, they have increased in all regions.
However, yields across most African countries have lagged behind. At 1.7 tonnes per hectare, they’re still less than half the global average of 4.2 tonnes.
This is bad for farmers: they get much smaller harvests and live on much lower incomes. It makes it harder for countries to feed their populations. And it’s a problem for biodiversity: lower yields mean that farmland has to expand into wild habitats.
Increasing agricultural productivity — particularly across Africa — is one of the biggest challenges of this century.
(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie and @parriagadap)
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What would reliable power change for you?
Reliable electricity means students can study after dark, hospitals can provide uninterrupted care, businesses can grow, and families can feel safer at home.
Nuclear energy can help deliver the dependable, clean electricity needed to power these opportunities.
What would reliable power make possible in your community?
#NatakaNuclear #Nuclear4Africa
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This is fine, right?
Just in case, we should probably accelerate our efforts to reduce emissions while laying the scientific and governance groundwork for the possible future use of climate interventions such as solar radiation management (SRM).
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Innovations in food, such as precision fermentation, mean we can now produce the same proteins found in milk, eggs, & other foods without slaughtering animals.
Lower emissions & risk of zoonotic disease. Free up land for nature. Cut water use & improve animal welfare.
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No, French nuclear reactors did not shut down because they could not cool
During the latest heatwave, several headlines made it sound as if French nuclear reactors had to close because the reactors themselves technically could no longer be cooled.
That is not what happened.
Some reactors were curtailed because of environmental regulation on river temperatures and water discharge. To protect downstream ecosystems, EDF must comply with strict environmental thresholds. Some plants are required to ensure that the river does not exceed a maximum temperature after cooling water is returned, even when the water on average is returned only around 0.2°C warmer.
That is very different from saying the reactors could not technically cool themselves. Nuclear reactors have no problem using "hot" intake water as cooling. Coastal reactors are also not exposed to the same river-temperature constraints, why this "problem" mostly concern inland power plants.
Looking at the actual generation data gives a useful sense of scale. From 1 to 16 June, French nuclear generation averaged 38.9 GW. From 17 to 30 June, during the heatwave period, it averaged 38.2 GW. In other words, French nuclear generation changed surprisingly little.
Records from the French transmission system operator RTE Réseau de Transport d'Electricité show that nuclear capacity averaging 2.7 GW, equal to around 4.3% of the French nuclear fleet, was unavailable because of environmental regulation during the heatwave period (June 17 to June 30). But this did not translate one-for-one into lower French nuclear generation. Aggregate output stayed broadly steady, likely because other available reactors partly absorbed the effect and because unavailable capacity is not the same as guaranteed lost production.
That does not mean there was no impact. A few GW of constrained nuclear capacity can matter when consumption rises during a heat wave. But it's not only nuclear that is affected.
We could apply the same logic to other energy sources. Wind generation also dropped right as the heatwave began on 17 June. Solar panels become less efficient at high temperatures. Demand rises because of cooling needs.
Heatwaves affect the whole energy system, not only nuclear power.
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Nuclear energy is one of the safest and cleanest forms of energy generation available to humanity.
Time to overturn Australia's outdated ban on nuclear energy.
Act now: act.weplanet.org/p/overturn-…
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Can environmentalism lead to fascism?
In this season-ending episode of Saving the World from Bad Ideas, host @mark_lynas is joined by environmental journalist and author @GeorgeMonbiot to explore a new framework for understanding environmentalism. George argues that what is often treated as a single movement actually contains three distinct and frequently conflicting philosophies: Green Liberationism, Green Pragmatism, and Green Social Nostalgia.
The conversation traces the historical roots of each tradition, from anti-colonial activism and technocratic climate policy to rural revivalism and its relationship with fascism. Along the way, Mark and George discuss population debates, food systems, ecomodernism, the influence of religion on environmental thought, and the growing challenge of far-right infiltration into parts of the green movement. It is a wide-ranging examination of the ideas that shape environmental politics, and the tensions that may determine its future.
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Episode links:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/70g…
Youtube: youtu.be/d8ic1KVmryY
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/saving…
Glimrende afsnit. De 3 arketyper af bæredygtigheds forkæmpere, kan danne basis for megen god diskussion og refleksion.
In this season-ending episode of Saving the World from Bad Ideas, host @mark_lynas is joined by environmental journalist and author @GeorgeMonbiot to explore a new framework for understanding environmentalism. George argues that what is often treated as a single movement actually contains three distinct and frequently conflicting philosophies: Green Liberationism, Green Pragmatism, and Green Social Nostalgia.
The conversation traces the historical roots of each tradition, from anti-colonial activism and technocratic climate policy to rural revivalism and its relationship with fascism. Along the way, Mark and George discuss population debates, food systems, ecomodernism, the influence of religion on environmental thought, and the growing challenge of far-right infiltration into parts of the green movement. It is a wide-ranging examination of the ideas that shape environmental politics, and the tensions that may determine its future.
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Everyone dunking on French nuclear this week while the big red rectangle just sits there doing its job 🫠
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You've probably heard already about (some) French reactors coasting down due to not wanting to overheat some rivers.
Antinuclear voices love to amplify that every year, despite the fact that it is a temporary measure and only affects 5% of French capacity, with exports going strong.
@sollidnuclear did a nice summary:
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Führende Kerntechnik-Experten rufen den @bundeskanzler in einem Brandbrief auf:
𝗙𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗞𝗪 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗵!
Der ganze Brief im Wortlaut: xitter.cf/Nuklearia/status/20704…
⚛️𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗴!⚛️
Am Montag folgt eine aktualisierte Neuauflage des @RadiantEnergyG-Berichts zur Reaktivierbarkeit deutscher Kernkraftwerke mit viel mehr Details. - Danke @Nuklearia für eure Arbeit!
Eine gute Gelegenheit, erneut auf unser Projekt neustartkernenergie.de/ hinzuweisen: Basierend auf den neuen Daten von Radiant Energy könnt ihr dort den Wiedereinstieg virtuell vorwegnehmen: 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘁, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝘀 2045 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗸ö𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻: Wieviel Geld wir sparen, Leben wir retten und Emissionen wir vermeiden, wenn wir die Meiler wieder hochfahren!
Schließlich:
Gute Politik braucht gute Wissenschaft! Noch bis Mittwoch sammeln wir 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗳ü𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀- 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲, Kernenergie in Deutschlands Energiewende-Modellen fair prüfen zu lassen.
✍️J𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗻!✍️
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Reaktivierung von Kernkraftwerken möglich und sinnvoll: Hier ist der Volltext des Briefs der Kernkraftwerksleiter und weiterer kerntechnischer Experten an die Bundesregierung:
Sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler,
sehr geehrte Frau Bundesministerin,
sehr geehrter Herr Fraktionsvorsitzender,
wir, ehemalige verantwortliche Leiter von Kernkraftwerken in Deutschland und kerntechnische Experten, akzeptieren die Ziele der Bundesregierung, eine Treibhausgasneutralität in Deutschland bis zum Jahr 2045 zu erreichen.
Die Bundeswirtschaftsministerin hat dabei, wie auch die Industrie, erkannt, dass trotz des Ausbaus der erneuerbaren Energien weiterhin gesicherte Kraftwerkskapazitäten für Deutschland notwendig sind, um einer Deindustrialisierung des Standortes Deutschland entgegenzuwirken.
Diese Kraftwerkskapazitäten können grundsätzlich durch Gas-, Kohle- oder Kernkraftwerke bereitgestellt werden. Die Kernkraftwerke haben dabei den mengen- und kostenmäßig geringsten Brennstoffbedarf und bieten damit auch die geringste Abhängigkeit von anderen Industriestaaten und liefern die Energie weitgehend CO₂-frei.
Wir weisen als kerntechnische Führungskräfte und Experten darauf hin, dass eine Reaktivierung der deutschen Kernkraft technisch eine mögliche und sinnvolle Option ist. Wir verweisen dazu auf den beigelegten Report der Radiant Energy Group, dem wir grundsätzlich inhaltlich zustimmen können.
Reaktivierte Kernkraftwerke sind eine Chance, in Deutschland mittelfristig zu wettbewerbsfähigen Industriestrompreisen inklusive Netzentgelten zurückzukehren und die deutsche Energieversorgung durch Diversifizierung abzusichern, ohne dabei in den Konflikt mit den europäischen Klimazielen zu geraten.
Die Instandsetzung und Reaktivierung bestehender Anlagen ist im Übrigen essentiell für den Kompetenzerhalt in Deutschland und damit die Anschlussfähigkeit bei zukünftigen Technologien wie Small Modular Reactors (SMR) und Kernfusion.
In Bezug auf die Bereitschaft der Industrie und des Personals ist festzustellen, dass im Ausland deutsche Anlagen (Spanien, Schweiz, Niederlande, Brasilien, Argentinien) und den deutschen Anlagen ähnliche Kernkraftwerke in Betrieb und im Bau sind. Trotz der Stilllegung der deutschen Anlagen existieren daher in der Industrie, Brennstoffbewirtschaftung und Ausbildung weiterhin Erfahrungen mit dem deutschen Anlagentyp. Noch sind Kompetenz, Standorte, Infrastruktur, Kraftwerksgebäude, Teile der Anlage und des Personalstamms auch in Deutschland verfügbar und können wieder ausgebaut werden.
Uns ist klar, dass dazu weitere Themen bearbeitet bzw. geklärt werden müssen:
1) Ideologiefreie Bewertung der Erzeugungsoptionen durch eine unabhängige Einrichtung, (z.B. durch das Paul Scherrer Institut in der Schweiz) unter Einbeziehung aller sozioökonomischen Faktoren und unter Beachtung des Zieles, bis 2045 eine Treibhausgasneutralität zu erreichen; begleitet und unterstützt durch eine Kommunikationsoffensive in der Bevölkerung,
2) Aussetzung des Rückbaus geeigneter Standorte,
3) Änderung des Atomgesetzes und untergeordneter Verordnungen,
4) Entbürokratisierung atomrechtlicher Genehmigungen,
5) Erhalt des vorhandenen Know-hows in Industrie und Ausbildung,
6) Schaffung investitionsfreundlicher Rahmenbedingungen.
Die Rahmenbedingungen können Sie politisch beeinflussen. Wir können unsere technische Expertise einbringen: Aus rein technischer Sicht können die zuletzt abgeschalteten Bestandsanlagen in Deutschland reaktiviert werden.
Wir bitten Sie, gemeinsam mit der Bundesregierung eine Reaktivierung der deutschen Kernkraftwerke zu unterstützen. Der Ausstieg aus der Kernenergie in Deutschland war eine politische Fehlentscheidung, wie die jüngste globale Entwicklung eindrücklich zeigt und auch Sie mehrfach betont haben.
Für Ihre Fragen stehen wir Ihnen jederzeit gerne zur Verfügung.
Hochachtungsvoll
Die Unterzeichner
Zu den Unterzeichnern zählen u.A. Frank Apel, Vorsitzender der kerntechnischen Gesellschaft, mehrere ehemalige Leiter der Anlage (Kraftwerksleiter) wie Thomas Franke (Philippsburg 2), Horst Kemmeter (Emsland, Biblis) und Dr. Jürgen Haag (Emsland) sowie erfahrene Ingenieure und Manager wie der ehemalige EnBW-Technikvorstand&Vorstand Areva Deutschland @UlrichGraeber oder der emeritierte Professor für Kernenergiesysteme an der ETH Zürich, Michael Prasser.
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District energy networks span over 1 million kilometres worldwide – delivering heat to more than 600 million people today.
Our new report examines the role renewables can play in scaling up secure & efficient district energy systems around the globe 👉 iea.li/4vdmHDf

































