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Nuclear power has promise and peril, posing many challenging questions for environmentalists.

Nuclear power has promise and peril, posing many challenging questions for environmentalists. By Leslie Alan Horvitz With the planet teetering on

Others argue that the dangers of nuclear energy—including meltdowns (a credible threat at Zaporizhzhia, a nuclear power plant in Ukraine—Europe’s

With just a few weeks after the European Parliament was scheduled to vote on EU’s taxonomy for sustainable activities, the debate on whether nuclear can be considered green and environment friendly rages on, writes Cristian Gherasim. Just two weeks ago, MEP’s from the environment and economy committees rejected the Commission’s plan to label nuclear as […]

By Julia Horowitz, Salma Abdelaziz and Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Growing up in Finland, Iida Ruishalme had a deep affinity for nature — particularly the forest,

Germany is planning to phase out nuclear energy by 2022. If the policy holds, the country would become more dependent on natural gas. Britain, on the other hand, has been expanding its nuclear power production. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz takes a look at how the climate crisis is giving nuclear energy another chance.

Supporters of nuclear energy say it can help us wean our economies off polluting fossil fuels. No surprise, it's a heated issue. But what about the facts? Can nuclear power really help save the climate?