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Re:Italy Explores Nuclear Return After 40 Years as Energy Co... by ZeroGravitas on Sunday March 15, 2026 @08:35AM (#47386812)
And so keeping the right wing fossil fuel grift going another few years.

Much better headline for them than "Italy reaps the obvious consequences of not adopting renewables fast enough".

Summary from 2021:

> Gas-reliant Italy lags behind in Europe’s race to renewables

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/gas-reliant-italy-i...

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Re:Italy Explores Nuclear Return After 40 Years as Energy Co... by Razele on Sunday March 15, 2026 @11:58AM (#47388642)
They're adopting nuclear, not renewables.
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Re:Italy Explores Nuclear Return After 40 Years as Energy Co... by ZeroGravitas on Sunday March 15, 2026 @12:12PM (#47388806)
No, they're "exploring" the possibility of considering it while they just passed a new law to encourage and subsidise gas usage and work around EU carbon markets.
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