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False Hope. Why carbon capture and storage won’t save the climate. Executive summary
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) aims to reduce the climateimpact of burning fossil fuels by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2)from power station smokestacks and disposing of it underground. However, the technology is largely unproven and will not be ready in time to save the climate.
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Energy Revolution: a sustainable pathway to a clean energy revolution for Belgium
A sustainable pathway to a clean energy future for Belgium : in order to clarify what political and industrial action needs to be taken in Belgium, Greenpeace has asked the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Department of Systems Analysis and Technology Assessment of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop the energy blueprint outlined in this…
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Nuclear Reactor Hazards, Ongoing Dangers of Operating Nuclear Technology in the 21st Century
Een uitvoerig rapport over de status van nucleaire risico's wereldwijd. Door een combinatie van verouderde reactoren, deregulering van de elektriciteitsmarkt en defecten inherent aan reactoren; is het risicogehalte van westerse reactoren de laatste jaren sterk toegenomen. Dit rapport beschrijft de karakteristieken van de huidige kernreactoren en de risico's van nieuwe types. Het gaat ook in…
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English Version: Impacts of climate change in Belgium
Report commissioned by Greenpeace and written by Jean-Pascal van Ypersele and Philippe Marbaix, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. July 2004.
