At a time when nuclear power is enjoying a resurgence of enthusiasm among a section of public opinion and among major players such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft, who are investing billions in it to power their data centres while limiting CO2 emissions, the new European Commission includes two representatives in key positions who are notoriously opposed to nuclear power.
A tale of corruption, political scandals, and even murder: the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has turned agriculture in Europe into an environmentally unsustainable, economically infeasible, and administratively unmanageable nightmare.
In Paris as we speak, negotiators from around the world are busy trying to put together a set of environmental goals that will be underwritten by the majority of participants.