Nuclear safety experts warn that sweeping cuts to oversight rules could undermine environmental safeguards as the White House races to bring new reactors online by 2026, says CHAUNCEY K ROBINSON
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The hydrogen debate – lobbying for power
In the climate crisis, the only thing that will control profit-driven fossil-fuel burning is international legislation to drive the replacement of infrastructure, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
NOT ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD: (left) The Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), a 10MW class hydrogen production unit, inaugurated in March 2020, is one of the world’s largest facility for producing hydrogen; (right) House destroyed by gas explosion at Wrentham, Suffolk
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Engels’ call for a structured, systematic, critique of capitalism and for a strategy for securing something better remains as relevant today as it did a century and a half ago, declares the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
CLIMATE change legislation will eventually trigger a huge change in power production and distribution. Dramatic engineering projects are already underway which could shape the future of energy use.
Skyrocketing electricity prices in Britain are a big driver of the cost-of-living crisis. In Europe only people in Ireland and Germany pay more for their electricity.
Despite being so high, these are the prices even when they are capped by Ofgem. Although the price of energy is affecting people across Europe, Britain has its own particular problems.
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