"..executive with the utility company Florida Power & Light told me that his company had adopted nuclear power so that its leaders wouldn’t be embarrassed on the golf course by other C.E.O.s who had done so" @insideFPL #Florida #sealevel

.. world should expect one full or partial meltdown every six to seven years.. worldwide nuclear program is slightly overdue for its next big surprise.

A 2016 study concluded the “overall probability” of a meltdown in the next decade was almost 70%

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Jul 31

Who are these experts planning projects ignoring #RapidGlobalWarming #bizarre
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What might not have been immediately obvious in the coverage of the government’s decision was that the Planning Inspectorate, tasked with assessing such projects, had recommended that permission be refused.

@edfenergy

The problem, the examiners explained, was fairly simple: @edfenergy couldn’t say exactly where it would obtain one of the main substances needed to make a nuclear power station work, that substance being water.🫣

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Jul 30

‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped

Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are b4 we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist #Extinction Rebellion #bcpoli
web.archive.org/web/2022073021…

"5 unexpected threats posed by the pumping of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere" 👉🏽Make that 6.. OVERLAPPING pandemics
#monkeypox #covid

“This is a call to arms,” he says. “So if you feel the need to glue yourself to a motorway or blockade an oil refinery, do it. Drive an electric car or, even better, use public transport, walk or cycle. Switch to a green energy tariff; eat less meat."

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Jul 29

Watch "At least 8 dead in historic flooding in Kentucky " #kentuckyFlooding

15 dead many still unaccounted for

So we're going to adapt to 2C #RapidGlobalWarming 🤔

https://twitter.com/pmagn/status/1553061666874540033?t=Y23mA_L3_fshUn8_MsVa_Q&s=19

@ctv

So we're going to adapt to 2C #RapidGlobalWarming 🤔 @ctv

It's a catastrophic #ClimateEmergency imate @CTVNews we need war mobilization

https://twitter.com/CTVVancouver/status/1553055384818126850?t=9ZQEPeug42mhLPQFyM6iHA&s=19

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Jul 29

Tyre dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life

Plastic in the depths: Scientists spent decades on the trail of a mystery toxin killing #Salmon en masse. Mystery of the mass deaths seemed to occur after heavy rains #pnw #yvr
theguardian.com/environment/20…

first real breakthrough happened when they tested actual runoff collected from a nearby road and exposed test salmon to it. The fish died within hours

@environmentca

Tested this product @environmentca🤔
..carefully shaved tiny fragments of tyre & soaked them in water. “When we tested the tyres it killed all the fish".. culprit a toxic chemical 6PPD-quinone, product of the preservative 6PPD, added to tyres to stop them breaking down #Plastic

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