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Tag Archives: Politics
Technology in a Post-Growth World: Lessons from the 1970s AT Movement
Hello again! This post about lessons we could learn from the 1970s Appropriate/Alternative Technology movement is derived from a presentation I gave at Helsinki Sustainability Science Days 2019, 9.5.2019. The entire presentation can be found here. The above presentation and … Continue reading
Pro-nuclear environmentalists gain in Finnish elections
I wrote earlier about two interesting developments in Finnish politics. First, four municipal election candidates from the traditionally strongly anti-nuclear Green party published an opinion piece where they clearly stated that humanity no longer has the luxury of opposing nuclear energy. … Continue reading
Minority report – for now? Finnish Green candidates call for nuclear power
This is my translation of a statement made by four Finnish Green party (Green League) candidates today, calling for the use of both nuclear power and renewables to combat climate change. It illustrates quite nicely how more and more thoughtful … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged climate change, Finland, Green party, Nuclear, Politics, Renewables
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Climate shouldn’t be used as a political sledgehammer
A real problem hindering climate change fight is that for too many, climate change is just another blunt rhetorical instrument with which to hammer in their favored policies. As this article discusses, it would be utterly naive to believe that … Continue reading
I’ll also ban travel to the United States.
Dear friends in the United States and elsewhere, With regret I need to inform you that I will not be able in good conscience to attend any academic or other events in the United States. Obviously, I also can’t consider … Continue reading
There is now a far-right environmental movement, and I welcome it
I predicted a year ago that we’re going to see more diversity in the global environmental movement, because there are people who actually care about the environment but cannot buy into traditional, heavily Leftist and Western-centric environmentalism – or are … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Economy and the Environment
Tagged Ecomodernism, Environment, France, Nuclear, Politics
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The bubble of traditional environmentalism has burst; long live pragmatic environmentalism
In case any more confirmation was needed, 11/9 (or 9.11. for us Euros) was the final nail to the coffin of traditional environmentalism – at least when it comes to stopping the existential threat of climate change. For years now, established … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Economy and the Environment, Energy
Tagged Ecomodernism, Environment, Nuclear, Politics, Pragmatism, Renewables
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The unpublished notebooks of J. M. Korhonen 
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