One-third of Pakistan
In 2022, flooding submerged one-third of Pakistan. Thirty-three million displaced. Over 1,700 dead. Pakistan contributes less than 1 percent of global emissions. The nations most responsible sent aid packages. The aid was a fraction of the damage....
The same zip codes
The Navajo Nation hosted uranium mining for decades. The mines closed. The waste stayed. Cancer rates remain elevated. In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, petrochemical plants line an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi between Baton Rouge and New Orleans —...
73 deaths versus 24,600
Deaths per terawatt-hour. Nuclear: 73, including Chernobyl and Fukushima. Coal: 24,600. Oil: 18,400. Natural gas: 2,800. Rooftop solar: 440, mostly installers falling off roofs.
France built fifty-six reactors between 1970 and 2000....