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Nuclear energy: Danger zone

Technology

Nuclear energy: Danger zone

Questions over safety, disposal of waste and the possibility that plants could make material suitable for weapons have slowed the spread of nuclear technology

Features

Nuclear energy: The plutonium problem

Earth

Nuclear energy: The plutonium problem

Features

Nuclear energy: Frontiers

Earth

Nuclear energy: Frontiers

Features

What China's Arctic ambitions mean for the environment

Earth

What China's Arctic ambitions mean for the environment

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Can China really turn its emissions around by 2025?

Opinion

Nuclear energy: Splitting the atom

Technology

Nuclear energy: Splitting the atom

Features

China moots reaching emissions peak by 2025

Earth

China moots reaching emissions peak by 2025

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It's time to start mining the moon

Space

It's time to start mining the moon

Opinion

Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope

Technology

Pioneering wave power farm renews green energy hope

Analysis

To green the deserts, just add... seawater?

Earth

To green the deserts, just add... seawater?

Can desert be turned into fertile oases using nothing but seawater and sunshine? Yes, discovers Fred Pearce on a trip to Qatar – but at a price

Features

Earth

China gains observer status on the Arctic Council

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We can let fission fizzle out in a renewable world

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Space

New satellite sail is propelled by solar protons

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Earth

Keystone's pipeline cousins come under scrutiny

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