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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EyePress News/Shutterstock (12818720l) File image of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction. Germany is halting the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of Russia's incursion into Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022. The undersea pipeline, meant to ferry natural gas directly from Russia to northern Germany, is owned by a subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Gazprom. Berlin has previously been reluctant to impose sanctions that would affect Nord Stream 2. But at a press conference Tuesday, Scholz said that the situation today is fundamentally different and therefore, in light of recent events, we must also reassess this situation ... also with regard to Nord Stream 2. Shortly after, the economy ministry announced it was halting the certification process Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - 22 Feb 2022

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Europe rethinks its energy strategy after Russia's attack on Ukraine

About 40 per cent of Europe’s gas comes from Russia, but the European Union is expected to release a new energy strategy to reduce its reliance on Russian imports

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Would Vladimir Putin really use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

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Chernobyl radiation spike probably from Russian tanks disturbing dust

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Risk of nuclear disaster is minimal as Russian forces reach Chernobyl

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2AK7R1N Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk, UK

Environment

Cost of new UK underground nuclear waste facility jumps to £53 billion

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Sohn/AP/Shutterstock (12817867a) Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on Ukraine Nord Stream 2, Lubmin, Germany - 15 Feb 2022

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Germany halts Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia – what's next?

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Oil giants accused of greenwashing for failure over energy transition

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Description: Camera image of a plasma inside the TCV tokamak, regions of different colors correspond to different temperatures of the hot plasma. The center of the plasma is so hot that it does not emit visible light. Credit: Curdin W?thrich / SPC/EPFL

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DeepMind uses AI to control plasma inside tokamak fusion reactor

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Nuclear fusion energy record points way to harnessing power of the sun

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Joint European Torus

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Fusion energy record suggests we really could build artificial suns

The Joint European Torus has sustained a super-hot plasma for 5 seconds, producing 59 megajoules of energy and suggesting that larger experiments could produce more power than is put in

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England’s gas boiler ban for new homes should begin next year, say MPs

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Fix the Planet newsletter: The weird and wonderful rivals to batteries

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UK energy crisis: Why renewable subsidies will help avoid price shocks

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Space

Largest 3D map of the universe contains 8 million galaxies

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