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The Nuclear Land Use Canard Returns

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The claim that nuclear power uses less land than renewables is making the rounds again, usually presented as if it settles a complex debate with one clean visual. A nuclear plant fits inside a compact fenced site. Wind turbines are spread across plains and ridgelines. Solar arrays cover visible surfaces. … [continued]

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Progressive Funders Need to Reassess the Breakthrough Institute

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There was a time when a progressive or center-left foundation could back the Breakthrough Institute and tell a coherent story about why. Breakthrough presented itself as a pro-technology, pro-modernization, pro-development corrective to parts of environmentalism that had become too focused on scarcity, guilt, and procedural obstruction. It was abrasive, but … [continued]

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