I wrote for @the-breakdown.bsky.social about an ancient chapel in Essex, a dormant nuclear plant, and plans to build a new one - a story that reveals how new faultlines opening up in British climate politics, between conservation and decarbonisation, might not be so new after all.
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At a remote Essex chapel shadowed by a dormant nuclear plant, a battle over a new reactor is reshaping old conflicts between conservation, community and state power.
Incredibly proud to publish this, by Robert Newton, a stunning piece of writing about a remote religious community in the shadow of a dormant nuclear plant, and what plans for a new plant reveal about the fractures caused by Britain's drive to decarbonise
www.break-down.org/the-chapel-a...
www.break-down.org
At a remote Essex chapel shadowed by a dormant nuclear plant, a battle over a proposed new reactor reveals how Britain’s drive to decarbonise is reshaping old conflicts between conservation, community...
At a remote Essex chapel shadowed by a dormant nuclear plant, a battle over a proposed new reactor reveals how Britain’s drive to decarbonise is reshaping old conflicts between conservation, community and state power.
www.break-down.org/the-chapel-a...
John Merrick
The BREAK—DOWN
At a remote Essex chapel shadowed by a dormant nuclear plant, a battle over a proposed new reactor reveals how Britain’s drive to decarbonise is reshaping old conflicts between conservation, community...
