Nuclear power – Climate Realists of British Columbia

Learning to love nuclear power

By exaggerating the risks of climate change, environmental activists have undermined public support for curbs on carbon and opened the door for the nuclear solution

By PHILIP CROSS, National Post, Sept. 2, 2025

In her new book, Atomic Dreams, freelance journalist Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow explores the growing popularity of nuclear power as a source of clean electricity, which its advocates tout as “split, don’t emit.” Along the way, she exposes some of the broader problems undermining the environmental movement’s approach to climate change.… Read more

In poor countries, Net Zero isn’t the goal—it’s the problem

Silly rhetoric about curbing carbon emissions won’t give humanity the power it needs. Our best strategy is greater use of natural gas now leading to nuclear power in the near future

By M.H. WARD, Times Colonist, June 13, 2025

The last thing the world needs is more ill-informed amateur dramatics from unruly mobs of self-styled activists.

In his June 5 opinion article, “Our only hope is to become environmental activists,” Frants Attorp tells us that “global temperatures keep rising in tandem with greenhouse gases,” but fails to present a solution other than that we must “adjust our lifestyle choices.”… Read more

Texas is hosting the energy of the future—and it isn’t wind and solar

Next-generation power is coming from smaller, cheaper, and much faster to build ‘new nuclear’ reactors

By Stephen McBride, The Rational Optimist Substack, June 1, 2025

Imagine a nuclear reactor the size of a shipping container quietly powering your local hospital. It pumps out energy that’s cleaner than natural gas, more reliable than solar, and safer than any other energy source.… Read more