science and nature books, Tag

Safety concerns demand more space and consideration in this otherwise excellent work of popular science

An environmental writer returns to her father’s home for his funeral in a family memoir that becomes an examination of Shetland’s crucial role in the energy landscape

World Without End topped bestseller lists but was criticised for embracing nuclear power

Is it possible – or even desirable – to study people with the scientific detachment of a physicist studying matter?

From nuclear power to electric vehicles, battles between activists risk getting in the way of reducing emissions

The journalist’s thorough investigation finds that corporations are unearthing alternatives to fossil fuels. Who will benefit?

Mounting tensions with Russia, a global pandemic and a reckless scramble for nuclear energy: the echoes of 1957 are alarming – we would do well to heed them

Two prominent ‘lukewarmers’ take climate science denial to another level, offering tepid manifestos at best