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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

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 55m
A House of Dynamite: Bigelow’s latest thriller shows why #nuclear bombs are only part of the danger thebulletin.org/2025/10/a-ho...
A House of Dynamite: Bigelow’s latest thriller shows why nuclear bombs are only part of the danger
Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, A House of Dynamite, examines how the US government would respond to a nuclear attack in real-time.
thebulletin.org
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1h
Nuclear waste - the forever problem.
Holtec abandons #nuclear waste project in New Mexico
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Holtec abandons nuclear waste project in New Mexico
Holtec, a private nuclear power company, announced this week that it was abandoning a plan to store radioactive waste in New Mexico despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June which gave some hope f...
energynews.oedigital.com
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Zero Hour for the Climate & Nature Bill @zero-hour.bsky.social · 18h
🗓️ On 27 November, top UK experts will brief MPs and leaders from business, culture, faith and the media on the escalating climate and nature crisis.

📍 Is your MP attending the @nebriefing.bsky.social? Use the postcode checker at www.nebriefing.org to check—and if not, email them to ask.
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23h
Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites
#climate
eciu.net/media/press-...
Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests
eciu.net
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23h
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
#renewables #climate #elctricity
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
bbc.com
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
UK’s intelligence chiefs: 'UK’s national security is under severe threat from the #climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn
Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
MIT: Buildings and roads built with new type of concrete could soon serve as giant #batteries capable of powering homes and electric vehicles.
#climate #EV
www.independent.co.uk/tech/concret...
Concrete battery that can power homes is now 10 times better
MIT scientist says we’re ‘at the brink of a new architectural revolution’ with multifunctional concretes
www.independent.co.uk
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
IEA: Installed renewable power forecast to more than double by 2030.
#renewables #climate
www.iea.org/reports/rene...
Renewables 2025 – Analysis - IEA
Renewables 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
Russia’s State Duma approved withdrawing from the 2000 Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement, which required the U.S. and Russia to each dispose of 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium.
#nuclear
www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-ne...
Back to Great Power Rivalry and Nuclear Risk as Russia Quits US Plutonium Pact
Russia’s Duma quit the U.S.-Russia plutonium pact, ending 34-ton disposal per side as New START nears 2026 expiry—deepening risks to arms-control stability.
www.armyrecognition.com
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
Jonathon Porritt: Here comes the sun
#Solar #renewables
jonathonporritt.com/solar-plus-r...
HERE COMES THE SUN! - Jonathon Porritt
Bill McKibben’s Here Comes the Sun captures a moment of true transformation. Jonathon Porritt explores why the Solar+ revolution – solar, wind, storage and efficiency combined – may be the most libera...
jonathonporritt.com
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on #Gaza’s list of war dead
#Israel #IDF #Palestine #genocide
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
Fusion - hugely expensive, always 20 years away. All costs now on research.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d
It's called the Energy Transition ...