Playing Russian roulette with biodiversity: How many species are we willing to lose?

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Kirsty Gogan of Energy for Humanity argues nuclear power can play a crucial role in tackling biodiversity loss and climate change

Elizabeth Kolbert's book The Sixth Extinction is an utterly heart-breaking account of how the natural world is being devastated, at unprecedented, breakneck speed by global industrial society. Over...

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