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"Nuclear power is the most expensive and dangerous way we have ever invented to boil water," argues Jim Riccio of Greenpeace. Not true, comments Ian Hore-Lacy from World Nuclear Association: "Renewables such as wind simply cannot do the same job, and they are very expensive." Who's right? 

After the oil crisis in the 70s, Japan made the conscious decision to invest in nuclear-power plants. The recent explosions at Japan’s Fukushima plant have serious implications for the nuclear industry in Japan and the world, the media comment. 

Media attention remains focused on the US after the midterm elections last week, as well as the introduction of QE2, a second round of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve.

UK: Despite the drilling catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, the search for oil and gas continues. Shale-gas reserves in the north-west of England promise to turn Blackpool into the shale-gas capital of England.

This week, we look at comment on the global climate-change summit in Copenhagen and on the effects of “Climategate”.