“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Jul 14, 2025
On My Mind Today:
As I’ve pointed out over the years of this daily blog — particularly early on before the threats of nuclear war dramatically increased and Trump was reelected — we need much more realistic and practical views rather than the constant insidious drum of unreachable goals, or “pie-in-the-sky” impossible to achieve world=leader conferences about how we are going to defeat climate change and global warming and yet increase our global demand for more electricity.
The last several United Nations climate change conferences — COP 25 in 2019 thru COP 28 in 2023 have gone realistically nowhere in terms of these international United Nations’ climate change conferences from 2019 to 2023 and, up to now, have been billed as “saviors”, yet little, if any, progress has been made while all the while the atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gasses grow out of control each and every day. demonstrating that these “plans” have never come close to achieving their “optimistic” goals and ultimately constitute nothing more than embarrassing declarations, if not lies, in attempts to pacify those of us (including the conference attendees themselves) who live with the crisis every day of our lives. We eventually forget all about the “miraculous” future clean-air energy-related magic we have been promised.
Here are the promises from the December 2023 COP conference: The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) concluded with several key promises and agreements, primarily focused on accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels and increasing climate finance. Specifically, nations agreed to work towards tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency improvements by 2030. Additionally, there was a push to phase down unabated coal power and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, with developed countries taking the lead. A crucial outcome was the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund, aimed at providing financial assistance to vulnerable nations facing climate change impacts.” (Google AI)
And, as mentioned above, even more optimistically (or impossible), more than 20 countries signed a declaration pledging to TRIPLE global nuclear energy capacity by 2050, meaning a 200% increase in nuclear energy generation compared to 2022 nuclear power.
Such a declaration demonstrates the ridiculous role of nuclear energy to help us achieve net-zero emissions targets and maintaining energy security. However, fyi net zero emissions is an extremely misleading formula because it does not really mean what it says — and that is a story for another day — The meaning is just another misleading and deceptive long-term lie made up by the nuclear industry . . .
There are a few ways and alternatives to recover from what is rapidly flowing toward the end of human and other life on planet Earth, and none of it will be easy, but the first step is to unite as a global world as collective antinuclear individuals and recognize that the best survival tools at our disposal right now are the plentiful renewable power generation resources — e.g. solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and biomass — which would be much easier to subsidize and generally finance if we immediately stop investing entirely in nuclear nightmare suicidal dreams . . .
I have used the COP conferences to describe the uselessness of such global or smaller State or other group conferences, and there are many others, but all of them are deceptively misleading and act more like thumb-sucking pacifiers for the public to comfortably believe that they will live to see another day. ~llaw
All nuclear power steps from exploration to mining to milling to refinement, and even to the end product and beyond unto its wastes are a menace to life on planet Earth! ~llaw
Today’s ALL NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS DIGEST
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There are 6 categories, with the latest addition including a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that also play an important role in human and other life.
The feature categories provide articles and information about ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links with headlines concerning the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:
- All Things Nuclear
- Nuclear Power
- Nuclear Power Emergencies
- Nuclear War Threats
- Nuclear War
- Yellowstone Caldera (Note: There are no Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available in today’s Post.)
A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (in the above listed order). If a Category heading does not appear in the daily news Digest, it means there was no news reported from this Category today. Generally, the three best articles in each Category from around the nuclear world(s) are Posted. Occasionally, if a Post is important enough, it may be listed in multiple Categories.
TODAY’S ALL NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS, Monday, (07/14/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Israeli Official Issues BRAND NEW Warning About Iran – YouTube
YouTube
… nuclear engineers, according to a senior Israeli official. The senior … all the platforms. We also have a live 24-hour news channel that …
President Trump promises “major statement” on Russia – NPR
NPR
President Trump promises “major statement” on Russia. July 13, 20255:32 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered … nuclear powers, directly. So …
Pentagon wants to make Aukus work but some stakeholders have ‘serious concerns’, senior …
The Guardian
That’s why we need to make sure that we do everything we can to promote peace and security in the region.” Pushed on when he planned to meet Donald …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
What’s next for advanced nuclear technology? | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Two tall white industrial structures stand among an array of buildings. Pressurized water reactors have powered conventional nuclear plants for …
DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear – E&E News by POLITICO
E&E News by POLITICO
Trump has said he wants to quadruple the U.S. supply of nuclear power by 2050. Tech industry allies, Republicans in Congress and Secretary of Energy …
Letters: Large-scale nuclear power is a vital tool for our energy future – Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Regarding the op-ed “Illinois needs the nuclear option for our energy needs” (July 7): Pro-nuclear readers like me who are concerned about climate …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
DOE exercise builds nuclear readiness case – Daily Tribune
Daily Tribune
The Department of Energy (DOE) tested the country’s readiness for nuclear and radiological emergencies through a simulation exercise, ..
Shooting occurred at Zaporizhzhia NPP — details from IAEA – all the latest news today – 112
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Accidents and Emergencies · Shooting occurred at … On the night of July 12 to 13, gunfire was heard at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
DOE Leads National Simulation to Test Nuclear Emergency Response – Power Philippines
Power Philippines
International nuclear safety expert Bojan Tomic of ENCO Consulting, a firm founded by former officers of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
North Korea Warns US Over Strategic Bombers Near Airspace – Newsweek
Newsweek
… nuclear threats, including through the use of U.S. nuclear weapons. … Israel at War Vladimir Putin Russia-Ukraine onald Trump
The dangerous new nuclear arms race – GZERO Media
GZERO Media
With new existential threats like AI and … threatnuclear wararms racewarfareukrainerussiairannorth koreanuclear umbrellanuclear weapon
Health-impaired world leaders raise nuclear war fears, study suggests – Phys.org
Phys.org
He says there are a range of measures which could reduce global security risks from leaders whose judgment is in question. They include removing …
Nuclear War
NEWS
The dangerous new nuclear arms race – GZERO Media
GZERO Media
… and Terms of Use · ian bremmerjames stavridisnuclear threatnuclear wararms racewarfareukrainerussiairannorth koreanuclear umbrellanuclear weapons.
Health-impaired world leaders raise nuclear war fears, study suggests – Phys.org
Phys.org
Many former leaders of the world’s nine nuclear-armed nations were impaired by health conditions while in office, raising concerns over their …
US Reportedly Asks Japan and Australia to Clear Their Stance on Taiwan – YouTube
YouTube
The Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the U.S. and China went to war over … Nuclear War Closer Than Ever …