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In 2023, and what seems like a lifetime ago, Austria launched their legal action against the European Commission for the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. At the time they were supported by a bulwark of EU countries and environmental NGOs that opposed nuclear energy.

But today, that whole landscape has changed.

The nuclear phase-outs or bans in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, and Italy are now history.

It shows what’s possible when we stick to the science

The European Court of Justice has now fully dismissed Austria’s lawsuit.

These wins are not abstract. They open the door to real investment, real projects, and real emissions cuts.

  • macniel@feddit.org
    92·
    6 days ago

    Nothing is greener than the beautiful glow that contaminants landscapes for over thousands of years… /s

    • iii@mander.xyzOPEnglish
      41·
      6 days ago

      A great example of argument from panic that’s not based in reality. It’s a very popular method of discussion these days. The article describes just that :-)

      • macniel@feddit.org
        31·
        6 days ago

        Not based in reality? We in Germany still don’t have a solution to safely store nuclear waste.

        • iii@mander.xyzOPEnglish
          41·
          6 days ago

          Exactly! Germany even defunded research of the technology. Of course you’re stuck in the 90s if you stopped learning and progressing then.

          It’s like argueing in favour of the fax-machine, because your dial-up internet at home is too slow to load a pdf file. Ban that pesky, unnatural internet!

          To update your understanding of the technology, you can start here: https://www.weplanet.org/whatawaste