Remove 2014 Remove Europe Remove Nuclear Power Remove Politics
article thumbnail

Momentum Builds for UK Government to Self-Fund New Nuclear Plants

GreenTechMedia

gigawatt Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in 2012, it proudly proclaimed that the arrangement proved new nuclear did not need direct subsidy. A 2014 study found that of a global sample of 180 nuclear power plants, 97 percent ended up over budget. When the U.K. Since then, three other U.K.

article thumbnail

Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

DeSmogBlog

Its Director General Tim Davie has said that while the BBC will cover debate on climate policy, human-caused climate change is not “politically controversial” and “the overwhelming consensus is that we, as humanity, are causing global warming”. Porter has also been associated with political groups leading the charge against climate action.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

An Open Letter to the U.S. Government

Unsustainable

Climate Policy in Europe For the most part, only entities as big as governments can reshape national infrastructures so that people can live modern lives with smaller environmental side effects. In 2014 , the average emission of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to the atmosphere per person was 4.6 Here is a case in point.

article thumbnail

The key lesson from the Ukraine crisis? Shifting to net zero is more important than ever

Business Green

As gas is a globally priced commodity, Europe and the UK are facing severe impacts. Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events.

article thumbnail

How Bad Relations With China Could Mess With the Energy Transition

GreenTechMedia

In June 2014, Prime Minister David Cameron signed a £14 billion ($18.5 In October 2015, Cameron and China’s President Xi Jinping signed another deal for China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to take a one-third stake in the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. and Europe? as an example.

article thumbnail

Pipeline Politics Hits Multipolar Realities: Nord Stream 2 and the Ukraine Crisis

DeSmogBlog

Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, asserted (January 27), “If Russia invades Ukraine one way or another … we will work with Germany to ensure it (the pipeline) does not move forward.” Since the 1960s when Europe first began importing Russian gas, Washington perceived Russian energy as a threat to U.S. leadership.

article thumbnail

The Top Energy Stories Of 2021

R-Squared Energy

Consumers saw that, as gasoline prices rose to their highest levels since 2014. Europe’s natural gas crisis. If you live in Europe, this was probably your top energy story of the year. Europe suffered from a natural gas shortage this year. Functioning nuclear power plants continue to be shut down (e.g.,