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Articles from ncg members. For news articles before 2014, see the news archive.
Modernity Without its Clothes: the pandemic crisis shines a light on futilities of control
By Prof Andy Stirling
Steps Centre, 7th April 2020
Communiqué to Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner, EU Taxonomy), Kadri Simson (Commissioner, DG ENERGY), Frans Timmermans (Excecutive Vice President, EC)
Subject: EU Technical Expert Group (TEG): Taxonomy and Nuclear Finance
From: NCG and 47 Pan-EU organisations, institutions and NGOs
2nd April 2020
Efficient energy cuts UK electricity’s carbon output
The United Kingdom leads the way in cutting carbon output from electricity production, to the surprise of its political leaders.
By Paul Brown
Climate News Network, 24th March 2020
Why a Solar-Rich UAE Is Turning to Nuclear Energy
By Dr Paul Dorfman
The National Interest, 16th March 2020
Letters
I read with incredulity the claims of Horizon nuclear chief Duncan Hawthorne that his company, which is really a Japanese shell company with no products, could build nuclear plants offering power at half the currently projected cost from the Hinkley Point C plant being built.
By Dr David Lowry
The Sunday Times, 15th March 2020
BBC World Business Report
Interview Dr Paul Dorfman, from 13.22.
BBC News, 11th March 2020
Why is the UAE, where solar energy is abundant, about to open four nuclear reactors?
By Dr Paul Dorfman
The Conversation, 11th March 2020
Radiation and reason: The impact of science on a culture of confusion
A summary and brief explanation of the origins, history and current dialogue concerning evidence that there are grounds for an urgent re-evaluation of the link between ionising radiation and health problems, particularly in children and young people.
By Richard Bramhall and Pete Wilkinson
The Low Level Radiation Campaign, March 2020