The argument for a “significant expansion” of nuclear power will deliver soaring electricity prices that condemn underserved communities to unending hardship and poverty, argues LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The human costs of hydrogen, the ‘fuel of the future’
Natural hydrogen gas could be a replacement for fossil fuels, but its extraction could see developing nations face familiar patterns of land loss and resource theft, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
FUTURE FUEL: A hydrogen sports car at the Brussels auto show, January 10 2025
The new plan sets out an uncompromising bid for global dominance, casting even allies as obstacles to be subdued, writes DIANE ABBOTT
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
PABLO MERIGUET reviews some of the neoliberal measures promised by the recently inaugurated Paz administration in Bolivia, which include budget cuts, tax breaks for the wealthiest, and audits of previous administrations
Marxist economist JULIO GAMBINA tells Bert Schouwenburg why voters backed Javier Milei despite soaring poverty, how Washington is shaping Argentina’s future, and why the unions and wider left have yet to form a force capable of halting the far-right project
The federal government’s plans to finance the war in Ukraine with Russian assets, and a possible deployment of German troops, put the population in Germany in the highest danger, argues SEVIM DAGDELEN
AS the world’s supply of fossil fuels continues to dwindle, corporations and governments have turned their attention to searching for replacements for coal, oil and gas. We have long been familiar with renewable, green energy sources like solar, wind or hydroelectric power. Looming silently in the background of all these potential solutions is hydrogen gas.
Hydrogen, the most fundamental element in the universe, is the origin of all solar energy. As well as providing us with heat and light through nuclear fusion processes in the sun’s core, hydrogen has many uses for energy production and storage.
Like electricity, hydrogen is an “energy vector” — an energy-rich substance that facilitates the translocation and/or storage of energy to be released at a later time or at a distance from the primary capture site.
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