Germany just committed another act of national self harm by demolishing the cooling towers at the Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Station which was forced to shutdown under the Atomausstieg (Nuclear Phase-out) policy. A new report by WePlanet and the Anthropocene Institute found that this policy has cost Germany 57 billion euros – around 1,390 euros per German household. And has led to worse environmental outcomes thanks to the continued reliance on fossil fuels, primarily Russian Gas and dirty Lignite Coal. 🌡️Climate impact: additional CO2 emissions of 730 million tonnes – more than Germany's total emissions in 2024 🤒 Health impacts: 19,200 premature deaths and 177,000 serious illnesses ☣️Toxic pollutants: 4 tonnes of mercury, 2.5 tonnes of cadmium and 20 tonnes of lead WePlanet joined Nuklearia to demonstrate against this act of national sabotage and to argue that there is still time to restart shutdown reactors and to recommit to nuclear power alongside other forms of clean energy. The action included two giant papier-mâché heads of Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and SPD party leader Lars Klingbeil. Friedrich Merz stands in front wearing a "Nuclear power? Yes, please!‘ sticker on top of his suit to signal that he has spoken out in favour of nuclear power and campaigned for it. He is ’tied up" with a rope because, in the coalition with the SPD, he has no way of campaigning for nuclear power without destroying the coalition. Klingbeil presses Merz's hand down on the box of explosives, symbolising precisely this pressure. It's time for Germany to end the Atomausstieg and stop harming itself, Europe and our shared climate.

Did you know? 💡 Achieving universal energy access will require $37 billion in investment by 2040, with LPG expected to supply 60% of new household demand ~@IEA Yet development banks are blocking LPG financing across Africa, while the Global North continues to expand its own fossil fuel infrastructure. Africa needs clean cooking now! 🔥 Join the call to #JustStopCooking and demand that the @WorldBank fund solutions that save lives and power a cleaner future. #CleanCooking #ClimateJustice

I just made my debut in the new magazine my favorite geopolitcs YouTuber, @SimonWhistler, just launched. If you don't know Simon's channels such as Warfronts, PoliticalFronts, and Megaprojects, you're seriously missing out. It's some of the best most researched and balanced news analysis on YouTube. A few months ago, I reached out about contributing. His producer told me they were launching a new written magazine called Fronts.co, and asked if I'd like to submit a story. So here's my first for the new publication, a look at the shifting politics of nuclear energy in Taiwan after the country shut down its last reactor earlier this year. fronts.co/article/why-taiwan…

Jestem przejęta, a serce mam rozdarte. Z jednej strony wiem, że odnawialne źródła energii to nasza teraźniejszość i przyszłość. Z drugiej strony przejmuję się strasznie myśląc o tym, co ma zadziać się w Stalowej Woli: bezmyślna wycinka. Jak znaleźć równowagę między potrzebnymi inwestycjami a dobrem natury?

⚠️Ya es oficial⚠️ Las propietarias acaban de solicitar oficialmente la extensión para operar la central nuclear de Almaraz hasta 2030. "Hasta que no lo pidan las eléctricas, no podemos hacer nada" ha sido la excusa del Gobierno hasta ahora. Ya no les sirve.

Dzieje się. Polacy zapraszają kolejnych graczy do przetargu na drugą elektrownię jądrową, w tym gracza znanego dotąd z głębokich kuluarów, czyli Kanadyjczyków z reaktorem MONARCH jak na obrazku. Więcej niżej:

I noticed that German and Polish audience will laugh at different moments of the "SPALTUNG" film. Germans find it funny when the old "Atom Priest" is showing slides with "cooling steam going into the heavens". And I think I know why: most of Germans are educated in schools with a controversial book "Die Wolke" by Gudrun Pauswang. So for them this scene looks highly ironic. But there is nothing funny in this, otherwise wholesome scene, in Poland.

#Erdgas ist die Katastrophe für den #Klimaschutz und unsere Erdgasabhängigkeit der Auslöser für die Energie- und #Wirtschaftskrise. Statt diese Abhängigkeit schnellstmöglich zu beenden, setzt unsere Regierung auf noch mehr Erdgas. Lernen wir denn niemals dazu?

💚 #Wrocław będzie miał swój pierwszy rezerwat przyrody! 🌳 👏 Las Pilczycki ma zostać objęty szczególną ochroną. Tę decyzję po raz pierwszy zapowiedzieli wspólnie Regionalna Dyrektorka Ochrony Środowiska Katarzyna Łapińska i Regionalny Dyrektor Lasów Państwowych Jan Dzięcielski w trakcie zorganizowanej przeze mnie debaty 💪 🩷 Więcej na ten temat możecie usłyszeć w materiale @TelewizjaEcho24 👉 echo24.tv/pl/11_wiadomosci/8… #GoTracz #Naprzód #KoalicjaObywatelska

I understand nuclear proponents want spinning mass to be important, but as I explain here, that is simply outdated thinking. Batteries and grid forming inverters are basically better in every way, especially regarding anti-fragility. Sorry.

Tihange 1 nuclear power plant will shutdown for the last time at midnight tonight after 50 years of service. The Belgian government, despite reversing their disastrous nuclear phase-out law, is still allowing @ENGIEgroup to shutdown this vital piece of clean energy infrastructure! WePlanet and @StandUp4Nuclear last night sent a clear message, to Engie and the Belgian government, don't let this be the end of Tihange 1. It's not too late to reverse this climate disaster!