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Dr Paul Dorfman
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Bennett Scholar, Bennett Inst. Sussex University; Chair, Nuclear Consulting Group; Member, Irish Govt. Radiation Protection Advisory Committee; served as Secretary to UK Govt. scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters. .. more

Environmental science 36%
Engineering 24%

UK's latest renewable energy auction will unlock billions of investment in new offshore wind projects in UK.
Record amount of offshore wind capacity - 20 gigawatts (GW) - available for bids allow £53bn private investment.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2575038...
More wind farms could be built off East coast auction results reveal
More offshore wind farms could be built off the coast of East Anglia as the results of Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7) are…
www.edp24.co.uk

Tidal energy’s predictability and high capacity factors are helping overcome long-standing investor and regulatory skepticism.
oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
Tidal Energy Emerges as a Grid-Stabilizing Force | OilPrice.com
Tidal energy is gaining commercial momentum as proven projects, improving technology, and its inherent reliability drive new investment and long-term expansion plans worldwide.
oilprice.com

Chubu Electric Power's data fraud linked to earthquake risks at its Hamaoka #nuclear power plant "splashed cold water on the #Japan government's energy policy of maximizing nuclear power use."
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01...
Chubu Electric's data fraud 'undermines' Japan's nuclear energy policy
A delay in the restart of Hamaoka reactors will deal a blow to Chubu Electric's earnings and affect the government's goal of raising the share of nuclear power.
www.japantimes.co.jp

Bill Gates-backed #nuclear reactor dubbed “Cowboy Chernobyl” by critics is barreling toward approval in rural Wyoming, alarming residents and nuclear safety experts as regulators fast-track the project under a #Trump-era order.
nypost.com/2026/01/10/u...
Bill Gates-backed ‘Cowboy Chernobyl’ nuclear reactor races toward approval in Wyoming
A Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor dubbed “Cowboy Chernobyl” by critics is nearing approval in Wyoming as regulators accelerate reviews under a Trump-era order, alarming residents and nuclear safe…
nypost.com

Who do we trust on #climate change, and why?https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378025001335

Within the next few years, renewable energy sources will surpass coal, oil, and gas on a global scale.
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Experts predict major shift in global energy production: '[It] will dominate the future'
The International Energy Agency's 2025 report lays out how global renewable energy production is expected to double between now and 2030.
www.thecooldown.com

World ocean heat one of the starkest indicators of the relentless march of the #climate crisis, which will only end when emissions fall to zero.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com

‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying #climate disasters, data shows
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com

Dr. Joseph Romm - NY Nuclear Briefing
www.youtube.com/live/G3w73QA...

Used EVs selling faster than petrol cars eciu.net/media/press-...
Used EVs selling faster than petrol cars: comment
Colin Walker is available for comment and interview.
eciu.net

#Trump death cult does its thing.
World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty - Carbon Brief
The US, which has announced plans to withdraw from the global climate treaty is more historically responsible for climate change than any other country
www.carbonbrief.org

IPCC AR6 reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient at CO2 mitigation than new #nuclear.
And given tragectory data, renewables much more efficient after 2030.

Reposted by Paul Dorfman