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    Oct 14, 2024
    "Many climate activists now insist that anyone who challenges any of the movement’s claims... is a science denier. That’s how people like me get branded as climate deniers and, ultimately, cockroaches." @TedNordhaus on climate vitriol and dehumanization.
    On Cockroaches, the Climate Movement, and Democracy
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    Jul 23, 2021
    "For decades, we’ve been told that closing #nuclear plants is a good thing, yet a growing body of research shows that it’s far safer and cleaner than coal and gas." (1)
    This Nov. 3, 2008 photo shows one of Pacific Gas and Electric’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif.
    To fulfill promises of Diablo Canyon closure, California ignores fossil fuel emissions
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    May 22, 2024
    "When it comes to flooding, we’d rather live in a warmed climate with flood protection than live in a preindustrial climate with preindustrial flood protection." Read @PatrickTBrown31 on flood exposure and risk:
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    Are Floods Dramatically Increasing Due to Climate Change? (Part Two)
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    May 23, 2024
    "Every unit of clean electricity from a nuclear power plant requires excavating just 30% or 23% the mass of rock and metal, compared to an equal unit of solar or onshore wind electricity." Read @wang_seaver on the mining impacts of clean energy @TheBTI:
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    It's Settled, More Nuclear Energy Means Less Mining
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    Dec 6, 2022
    With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, @fredstaffordcs argues it’s time to revive a New Deal politics of public power—one in which nuclear energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority should be front and center: bit.ly/3upTCH9
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    Jul 16, 2024
    “Far too many 100% renewables studies exist primarily to provide a thin veneer of empirical justification for ideological preferences.” Read @wang_seaver & @juzel_lloyd break down the challenges of the energy transition in Puerto Rico for @TheBTI:
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    A Tale of Two 100% Renewable Puerto Rico Studies
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    Sep 13, 2019
    Climate change is not like an asteroid: it doesn't happen all at once. There isn't one specific deadline we can point to. A better metaphor? Climate change is like diabetes: a long-term condition that requires ongoing care. thebreakthrough.org/articles/is-cl… @TedNordhaus @atrembath
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    Jul 23, 2021
    When #nuclear reactors are taken off the grid, fossil fuel use — and the emissions that come with them — consistently increase. Will shutting down Diablo Canyon, which generates more than all of CA’s wind and half of its solar power be any different? bit.ly/3r98sPu
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    Jun 20, 2019
    .@SuzyHobbsBaker: "Advanced nuclear reactors must be thoughtful. They must be iconic. They must be beautiful. We have to get it right from the beginning." #WholeEarthDiscipline
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    Aug 4, 2017
    Think twice before calling someone a science denier. thebreakthrough.org/index.php/voic… @TedNordhaus @TheBTI
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    Jun 12, 2020
    "We can take inspiration from the 'defund the police' movement. What if we expand our thinking and find money to fund renewables by defunding the $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies every year?" - @leahstokes #BTIWebinar
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    Apr 2, 2021
    Eating meat comes with lots of externalities to consider, including its land-use intensity. Cultivated meats, in comparison, are 98% less land intensive than beef per 100 grams of protein. Learn more about meat alternatives in our new report: bit.ly/3rDKsCJ
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    Aug 7, 2017
    If we use up nature, we will be miserable. If we wall ourselves off from nature, we will be miserable. thebreakthrough.org/index.php/jour… @Emma_Marris
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    Mar 29, 2023
    The NRC announced that Diablo Canyon is allowed to operate while its owners & regulators go through the painstaking process of determining what special actions are needed to keep it running for another 20 years. This is a big deal for the NRC - here's why:
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    The NRC Comes Through on Diablo Canyon
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