Nuclear Energy

It’s Time the Green Movement Stopped Demonizing Nuclear

The pro-nuclear movement is gaining traction despite vocal opposition

Zion Lights

10 Dec 2022 · 13 min read

The Energy Future Belongs to Nuclear

It remains the only proven technology capable of serving the energy needs of de-carbonized modern society.

Regis Nicoll

4 Nov 2022 · 6 min read

Hyping the Energy Transition

Consumption of fossil fuels is growing faster than ever.

Robert Bryce

18 Oct 2022 · 7 min read

Germany's Energy Catastrophe

If Russia permanently cuts off natural gas exports to Germany, it will likely send the country, the world’s fourth-largest economy, into a severe recession.

Lea Booth

14 Jul 2022 · 8 min read

The Problem with Nuclear Power

In the US it’s hard to imagine nuclear power playing anything more than a minimal role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which makes projected goals for 2030 and beyond difficult to achieve.

William Beaver

31 May 2022 · 6 min read

How We Can Get Clean Energy—What Needs to Be Done?

Editor's note: this is the third in a three-part series on how we can get clean energy. Part I [https://quillette.com/2022/04/14/how-we-can-get-clean-energy-fuel-and-human-progress/] explains the relationship between Fuel and Human Progress [https://quillette.com/2022/04/14/how-we-can-get-clean-energy-fuel-and-human-progress/] , Part II answers the question “Is Nuclear Power Safe?

Robert Zubrin

17 May 2022 · 11 min read

Why Environmentalists Pose a Bigger Obstacle to Effective Climate Policy than Denialists

In the recent Netflix smash hit Don’t Look Up, scientists try to warn the world about a comet hurtling towards Earth that is going to wipe out human civilization and possibly life itself. Except, no-one wants to hear the bad news: the US president is too busy with the

Maarten Boudry

27 Jan 2022 · 9 min read

I Was Invited to Testify on Energy Policy. Then Democrats Didn't Let Me Speak

The Energy Future Belongs to Nuclear

Hyping the Energy Transition

Germany's Energy Catastrophe

The Problem with Nuclear Power

How We Can Get Clean Energy—What Needs to Be Done?

Why Environmentalists Pose a Bigger Obstacle to Effective Climate Policy than Denialists

I Was Invited to Testify on Energy Policy. Then Democrats Didn't Let Me Speak

Why Climate Activists Will Go Nuclear—Or Go Extinct

Quillette Podcast 40 – Nuclear Expert Michael Shellenberger on the Woeful Shortcomings of Chernobyl, the HBO mini-series