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Why the US and Europe Still Buy Russian Nuclear Fuel - Bloomberg
2023-08-28 (or before) in BloombergThe US and its European allies moved fast to choke exports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal after Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine. When it comes to atomic energy, however, Kremlin-controlled Rosatom Corp. continues to be the dominant source of fuel for the world’s nuclear power stations — supplying about half of global demand for enriched uranium. Western nations are racing to reconstitute their own processing capacity, much of which withered amid a growing aversion to nuclear pow
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Vladimir Putin | US Politics | Russia
As the ice melts, a perilous Russian threat is emerging in the Arctic | Barry Gardiner
2023-06-13 in The GuardianPutin is weakened and fears Nato encirclement. His militarisation of Russia’s northern border is intensifying, says Labour MP Barry Gardiner
Tagged under: Arctic | Vladimir Putin | Russia
How Putin made Europe go green faster
2023-04-14 (or before) in YouTubeOne year after Russia invaded Ukraine, analysts think Putin's aggression may have sped up Europe's energy transition. How's that?Credits:Reporter: Ajit Niran...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Carbon Note 2: The "Western" energy transitions - narcissism of small differences.
2023-04-09 (or before) by in Chartbook | Adam Tooze | SubstackDid Putin’s war on Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis lead to a retreat from the energy transition in Europe? Did Russian aggression expose the vanity of green ideology? Was a war what we needed to relearn the “basic math” that modern societies cannot do without some combination of fossil fuels and nuclear? This was the contention of pieces in
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Putin's Brexit Coup - by Byline Supplement and Peter Jukes
2023-01-02 (or before) by in Bylines SupplementIn this reprint of his exclusive from March last year, Peter Jukes explains why the pro-Brexit establishment aided Russia's long war against democracy and how Britain was compromised
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
The UK needs better insulated homes to free us from Putin and the fossil fuel giants | Helena Bennett
2022-09-13 in The GuardianGovernment investment should be targeted at cutting bills by cutting waste. Until then we will remain dependent, says Helena Bennett of the Green Energy Alliance
Tagged under: Housing | Vladimir Putin
The Guardian view on the global food crisis: this is just the beginning | Editorial
2022-09-07 in The GuardianEditorial: Prices are soaring as climate shocks and the effects of war in Ukraine exacerbate structural problems
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin
‘Putin rubbing hands with glee’ after EU votes to class gas and nuclear as green
2022-07-06 in The GuardianParliament backs plan to classify some projects as clean power investments
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Vladimir Putin | Russia
A Border Adjustment Would Promote U.S. Energy Security and Weaken Russia
2022-06-06 in Climate Leadership Council | The Bipartisan Climate SolutionRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent the West searching for tools to weaken Vladimir Putin and deter Russian aggression. There’s a way to neutralize Russia, promote American energy independence, and accelerate global decarbonization all in
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
'This will encourage the world to go for green solutions': Boris Johnson touts plan for fresh UK energy supply strategy
2022-03-07 in Business GreenUK may look to domestic oil and gas sources to reduce reliance on Russia in short term, but Prime Minister insists government will not be abandoning net zero transition
Tagged under: Net Zero | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys
2022-03-03 (or before) in The InterceptWar is reshaping our world. Will we harness that urgency for climate action or succumb to a final, deadly oil and gas boom?
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Vladimir Putin
A shift to clean energy would halt Russia's petro-thuggery and more
2022-02-28 by in The HillNow imagine a world where petro-states no longer have the power to blackmail other countries or impact the international price of energy.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Cosmonauts exhibition success leads to Pushkin Medal for Director of the Science Museum Ian Blatchford | Science Museum
2022-02-28 (or before) in Science MuseumIan Blatchford, received the Pushkin Medal from Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise the acclaimed Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition.
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
BP to Exit Rosneft Stake and May Take a $25 Billion Hit
2022-02-28 (or before) in BloombergBP Plc moved to dump its shares in oil giant Rosneft PJSC, taking a financial hit of as much as $25 billion by joining the campaign to isolate Russia’s economy.
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia | BP
The link between Putin and climate change
2022-02-28 in PoliticoThe war in Ukraine is, like everything, tied to the climate crisis in multiple ways.
Tagged under: COP26 | Climate Change | Vladimir Putin | Russia
This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats | Bill McKibben
2022-02-25 in The GuardianAfter Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, America turned its industrial prowess to building tanks, bombers and destroyers. Now, we must respond with renewables
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Putin sounds methane alarm, under satellite surveillance and EU pressure
2021-04-27 in Climate Home NewsThe Russian president has raised concern about the warming impact of methane emissions, calling for research collaboration but making no policy promises
Tagged under: Methane | Vladimir Putin | Russia
The Hidden Author of Putinism
2020-05-23 (or before) by in The AtlanticHow Vladislav Surkov invented the new Russia
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere | by Alex Steffen | The Nearly Now
2020-02-22 (or before) by Alex Steffen in The Nearly NowAmerican journalists, pundits and media executives have largely convinced themselves that climate change is not a serious political issue, because they think the polls tell them that. A majority of…
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Carbon Bubble | Global Warming | Donald Trump | Climate Change
Russia announces plan to ‘use the advantages’ of climate change
2020-01-05 in The GuardianKremlin website recognises global heating as a problem but lists ‘positive’ economic effects
Tagged under: Russia | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases | Vladimir Putin | Economics
Russia’s Thawing Permafrost May Cost Economy $2.3 Billion a Year
2019-10-22 (or before) in BloombergRussia plans to pay more attention to the impact climate change is having on its vast permafrost area.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Economics | Vladimir Putin | Russia
How liberal democracy can die, in our lifetimes: a summary in 30 pictures and charts – Jeremy Leggett
2019-07-02 (or before) in Jeremy Leggett - Climate, energy, tech, and the future of civilisationTagged under: Vladimir Putin
How the GRU spy agency targets the west, from cyberspace to Salisbury
2018-08-06 in The GuardianAccusations mount against the Russian army’s main intelligence directorate
Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia
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