energy security

Why Tony Blair is wrong about nuclear power

Posted by bex — 23 May 2007 at 1:12pm - Comments

Melting ice

Today, the government has finally published its energy white paper. After last year's energy consultation was ruled "seriously flawed", "misleading" and "manifestly inadequate and unfair" by a High Court Judge, this white paper outlines a new energy policy - and a new nuclear consultation.

Yep, despite a few ineffectual concessions to renewables and efficiency, Tony Blair is still busily spinning the nuclear industry's line: that nuclear power is the answer to climate change. And we still think he's dangerously wrong.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, energy security, energy white paper, nuclear power

Government publishes Energy White Paper and nuclear "consultation" - Greenpeace response

Last edited 23 May 2007 at 1:03pm
23 May, 2007

Reacting to the release of the government's Energy White Paper and a new nuclear consultation, Greenpeace director John Sauven said:

Article tagged as: climate change, energy security, nuclear power

Nuclear power - the problems

Last edited 15 November 2006 at 1:26pm

A radiation warning sign in Chernaya, near Chernobyl

The government wants to build new nuclear power stations. If their plan succeeds, it will be at the cost of blocking the real solutions to climate change and a reliable future energy supply. It will also result in the continued production of dangerous nuclear waste and an increased risk from terrorism, radioactive accident and nuclear proliferation.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy security, nuclear power, proliferation, reactor safety, reprocessing, waste

International Energy Agency Report on Nuclear Power - Greenpeace Response

Last edited 7 November 2006 at 9:00am
7 November, 2006

Responding to a report today by the IEA calling for a programme of new nuclear power stations, Sarah North of Greenpeace said:


"The IEA's thinking on energy has lacked imagination for as long as it has existed and its analysis perpetuates antiquated thinking. Investing in nuclear power is a sure way to lose the battle against climate change. It costs up to ten times as much as energy efficiency measures to get the same carbon savings and creates huge security and environmental threats that will last for tens of thousands of years."

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy security, IAEA, nuclear power, press releases

Greenpeace's submission to the 2006 Energy Review

Last edited 26 April 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
26 March, 2007

The Greenpeace response to the Department of Trade and Industry's Energy Review consultation document 'Our Energy Challenge' (January 2006)

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Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy review, energy security, nuclear power, reports

Switching power

Last edited 23 March 2006 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
22 March, 2006

Nuclear power: dirty, costly, dangerous. Decentralised and renewable energy: a clean, safe and efficient solution to meet our energy needs.

Summary

The government's 2006 review into the future of the UK's energy policy was used by Blair to give the go-ahead for a whole new generation of nuclear power stations.

Nuclear power will cost the Earth, will not stop climate change, produces deadly waste and is a target for terrorists.

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Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy review, energy security, nuclear power

Decentralising UK Energy

Last edited 7 March 2006 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
7 March, 2007

Cleaner, Cheaper, More Secure Energy for the 21st Century

Summary
The new Greenpeace commissioned report, Decentralising UK Energy, demolishes the myth that nuclear power is the best or only option in tackling climate change and shows that a real, more effective, more viable choice is available. Not only is decentralised energy cleaner and cheaper than nuclear power - it's also more secure; we don't need nuclear power.

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Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy security, nuclear power, renewable energy, reports

Nuclear power and energy security

Posted by bex — 5 January 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

The Budget: a chance to combat climate change

The UK will shortly become a net importer of gas, as the North Sea fields which have given us over 20 years of self-sufficiency finally begin to run dry; production is decreasing so that we are now a net importer, rather than a net exporter. The recent attempt by the Russian Government, Europe's major gas supplier, to hike the price of the gas it supplies to neighbouring Ukraine (the first step on the pipeline route to Western Europe) has led to intense media speculation over the security of supplies to the UK - in effect the argument is that since we cannot rely on a stable supply of gas, we should press ahead with a new generation of nuclear power plants which would guarantee energy security.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy security, gas, nuclear power

The Tiger in the Tanks

Last edited 23 February 2003 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
5 April, 2007

ExxonMobil, oil dependency and war in Iraq

Publication date: February 2003

Summary
Despite the Bush administration's claims that the proposed war on Iraq is only about weapons of mass destruction, simmering below the surface is Bush's 'need' to secure a continued supply of cheap oil.

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Article tagged as: climate change, energy security, george bush, oil, reports, stop esso, stop the war

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