by News Decoder | 23 Aug 2016 | Climate change, Discovery, Europe
By Mehdi Belayachi-Rigoreau and Céline Rottier Britain is at a crossroads: To approve a costly, new nuclear power plant as a less than perfect means of eventually ensuring a clean-energy future? Or to follow Germany and Japan’s lead by eschewing nuclear...
by News Decoder | 17 Aug 2016 | Youth Voices
Céline Rottier speaks 8 languages and has 2 master’s degrees. She wants to spur development by contributing to a sustainable energy future. Céline Rottier Name: Céline Rottier Birth place: Eindhoven, Netherlands Age: 32 Education: Delft University of Technology...
by Nelson Graves | 25 Apr 2016 | Contests, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
Danielle Castonzo of Indiana University and Ivy Turinsky of School Year Abroad France have won News-Decoder’s writing contest. Nuclear weapons, renewable energy, criminal justice, refugees, terrorism, drugs, nationalism, urban growth, sex trafficking —...
by News Decoder | 30 Mar 2016 | Climate change
By Nelson Graves Are you depressed by doomsday forecasts that see our planet and species hurtling irreversibly towards disaster? A French documentary to be featured soon in movie theaters around the world offers an antidote. “Demain” (Tomorrow) tackles...
by News Decoder | 23 Mar 2016 | Uncategorized
Crude oil is arguably the most important traded commodity. Despite efforts to switch to other energy sources, most countries — particularly in the West — still rely heavily on oil to fuel transport, heating and industry. In the past, industrial nations had...