Awake Evidence

The American company Deployable Energy has developed a compact nuclear reactor in a very short space of time. Energy and climate expert Andy May is enthusiastic about it. The post Deployable Energy’s new compact nuclear reactor appeared first on Clintel.

We spend a great deal of time discussing how much energy our electricity systems can “produce” but far less attention is given to a different question: how much energy does it take to build them in the first place? Energy expert dr. Lars Schernikau explains why this is important. The post The Energy Nobody Counts appeared first on Clintel.

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Henrik Svensmark has lost his position at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and the research field he helped establish is being significantly downgraded. Now private donors, companies, philanthropic foundations and research funders around the world have an opportunity to demonstrate whether they genuinely support scientific freedom – including research where the politically convenient answer is not known in advance, says Karl Iver Dahl-Madsen. The post “Svensmark’s research must continue” appeared first on Clintel.

Climate scientist and public-policy scholar Roger Pielke Jr. argues that the climate debate has become increasingly detached from the underlying evidence. In a wide-ranging interview on the Love Journalism show, Pielke discussed extreme weather, climate scenarios, decarbonisation, energy policy, political polarisation, journalism and his transition from academia to becoming one of Substack’s most widely read climate writers. The post How Roger Pielke Jr. Became Voldemort in Climate Science appeared first on Clintel.

In a series of articles on extreme weather attribution, physicist Ralph B. Alexander examines whether observational evidence supports claims that weather extremes are becoming more frequent or intense. Following his previous article on droughts, this installment focuses on floods. The post No Evidence Weather Extremes Are Becoming More Frequent or Intense: (3) Floods appeared first on Clintel.

WordCamp US (WCUS) 2026 just wrapped up after 4 days [...]