If the generators run out of fuel, "they will stop, and after that there will be a disaster," said a Ukrainian nuclear expert. "There will be a melting of the active core and a release of radioactivity from there."
"By encouraging greedy fossil fuel companies to keep looking for more fossil fuels, the U.K. government is denying the reality of the climate emergency," said one campaigner.
"It takes a while for higher interest rates to have a big impact," one expert stressed, "and there's a huge concern the Fed has overshot and secured a recession in coming months."
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The distribution of income and wealth will remain ridiculously top-heavy until we start limiting the "rewards" gushing into corporate executive suites.