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Green jobs for physics graduates: decarbonizing energy sources

Physics World

“I don’t think there’s ever been a more exciting time to join the energy sector,” says Ann Davies , who is chief operations officer at Lightsource BP , a firm that has been developing solar projects since 2010, and now employs nearly 600 people. Hari Chohan , nuclear radiation analyst, UK Atomic Energy Authority.

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A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making

Circle of Blue

The failures at Homestake are emblematic of the toxic legacy of the American uranium industry, one that has been well-documented from its boom during the Cold War until falling uranium prices and concerns over the dangers of nuclear power decimated the industry in the 1980s. Groundwater moves. All the houses are going to be gone.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

For example, 2010 soil data are likely to still represent conditions whereas 2010 groundwater data may not. In the US, almost every aspect of the environment is regulated - drinking water, surface water, air, hazardous waste, new construction, nuclear power plants, factories, and much more. 4 - Environmental Regulation.

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Michael Shellenberger talks with Nick O’Malley, National Editor of Climate and the Environment, Sydney Morning Herald

Environmental Progress

So, the main one I suppose that caught my attention was “Climate Change is Not Making Natural Disasters” and everywhere I look, trying to approach it from your perspective, I just find it a confounding thing for you to assert. I'm not to some extent related to anthropogenic climate change. So let's go to that.