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Regulators: Nuclear Plant Leak Didn't Require Public Notice. Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that 400,000 gallons of radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear power plant but they didn’t announce anything about the leak until this week “because there is such concern with anything that is nuclear” #nuclear https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2023-03-17/regulators-nuclear-plant-leak-didnt-require-public-notice

Governments Spent Record $1 Trillion Subsidizing #fossilfuels Last Year https://e360.yale.edu/digest/1-trillion-fossil-fuel-subsidies

This #solar + battery storage system is made up of 1,300 second-life #ev #batteries https://electrek.co/2023/02/07/this-solar-storage-system-is-made-up-of-1300-second-life-ev-batteries/

Putting #solar panels in grazing fields is good for sheep https://www.newscientist.com/article/2357545-putting-solar-panels-in-grazing-fields-is-good-for-sheep/

Why #coal companies love Bankruptcy https://youtu.be/2DysL9LyStg

Need to dumb down your message to get your point across? #solar and #wind throw a party gatecrashed by #fossil https://youtu.be/eoHUiX-jsk4

Is #carboncapture just an excuse to burn more #fossilfuel ? #decarbonisation https://youtu.be/Tra0yeTsm1k

#climatechange comes for European skiing: After deadly conditions and closed runs, is this the beginning of the end? https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/ski-resort-environmental-impact-snow-melting-europe-b2258782.html

Exposed: The smear tactics against #wind and #solar https://youtu.be/k_Wa7v76k-U

Last month wholesale rates for electricity in the UK were over £2,000 per MWh = £2 per KWh but feed-in rates were nowhere near that. With more homes having #solar home #batteries and #EV with V2L why do we need gas peaker plants or massive grid transmission line expansion?

The State of Wyoming is considering phasing out the sales of #ev electric vehicles by 2035 to “ensure the stability” of its oil and gas industry https://www.teslarati.com/wyoming-phase-out-evs-2035/

#hydrogen will not save us. Here’s why. https://youtu.be/Zklo4Z1SqkE

#Solar Energy Rejections Soared in 2022 nearly 80 rural governments either banned or restricted solar energy projects in the USA last year. Since 2015, about 360 communities across the U.S. have rejected or restricted #wind projects. https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/01/12/solar_energy_rejections_soared_in_2022_875161.html

Top 10 vehicle sales in the USA 2022 anybody notice a trend? #ev

1. Ford F-Series DOWN 9.9%
2. Chevrolet Silverado DOWN 1.2%
3. Ram pickup DOWN 17.7%
4. Toyota RAV4 DOWN 1.9%
5. Toyota Camry DOWN 5.9%
6. Tesla Model Y UP 32.4%
7. GMC Sierra DOWN 3%
8. Honda CR-V DOWN 34.1%
9. Toyota Tacoma DOWN 6%
10. Jeep Grand Cherokee DOWN 15.5 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/07/americas-top-10-bestselling-cars-of-2022-tesla-makes-the-cut.html

Having banned onshore #wind and then #solar on any farm land the #uk now plans a fleet of small #nuclear reactors to fight the energy crisis. I wonder how the NIMBYs who rejected wind and solar projects will react to a nuclear reactor in the village. This makes no sense financially or time wise. Money could be far better spent supporting home #insulation or domestic solar. Clearly somebody is going to get richer! https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/uk-fleet-small-nuclear-reactors

I built an #offgrid #eco house powered by #solar that also powers my #EV I designed the house to be as #energy efficient as possible. The cheapest form of energy is the type you don't have to pay for. Before considering home heating or cooling: #insulation before installation. The UK plans to spend billions on new nuclear energy instead of spending millions on making homes more energy efficient. Waiting 20 years for a new nuclear plant to come online is just crazy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/feliciajackson/2022/12/02/why-is-energy-efficiency-being-ignored/

Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a #nuclear site. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/15/dismantling-sellafield-epic-task-shutting-down-decomissioned-nuclear-site