Earlier this month, tech billionaire Bill Gates broke ground on a new nuclear plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming– a historic coal town. Gates tells Zero why he hopes the plant, which uses sodium for cooling, rather than water, will be the first of many in the country– no matter who wins this year’s election. “The idea of the US being more energy secure and US innovation allowing us to export, those things are still somewhat bipartisan in nature,” he says. Plus, he weighs in on AI as both a major generator of emissions and as a potential source of climate solutions.

Explore further:
Past episode with BNEF’s Claire Curry on how energy startups can dodge the valley of death
Past episode with Brookfield Asset Management CCEO Connor Teskey on making renewables a profitable bet
Past episode with Bill Gates on the significance of the Inflation Reduction Act

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Kate Evans, and Alicia Clanton. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

Earlier this month, tech billionaire Bill Gates broke ground on a new nuclear plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming– a historic coal town. Gates tells Zero why he hopes the plant, which uses sodium for cooling, rather than water, will be the first of many in the country– no matter who wins this year’s election. “The idea of the US being more energy secure and US innovation allowing us to export, those things are still somewhat bipartisan in nature,” he says. Plus, he weighs in on AI as both a major generator of emissions and as a potential source of climate solutions.
Explore further:
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<li aria-level="1">Past episode with <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/926b52ba-1a8f-418d-bfc1-b14e01505119">BNEF’s Claire Curry on how energy startups can dodge the valley of death</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode with <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/c66ef989-78d0-4c59-8c94-b1390160baa4">Brookfield Asset Management CCEO Connor Teskey on making renewables a profitable bet</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode with <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/4c837822-8c7e-4266-b86b-af9d0130b5ac">Bill Gates on the significance of the Inflation Reduction Act</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Kate Evans, and Alicia Clanton. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.

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Why Bill Gates is investing big in nuclear power

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We are living through the hottest year on record. That’s not news, but growing climate impacts make bigger and bigger news. At 1.3C of warming beyond pre-industrial levels, people are reckoning with a planetary system that’s out of whack. It’s not like the scientists didn’t see worsening impacts coming, but many of them have been surprised by the ferocity with which some have played out. On this week’s episode of Zero, Bloomberg Green’s Akshat Rathi speaks with his colleague Eric Roston, and Texas Tech University professor Katharine Hayhoe explains why we’re all experiencing “global weirding.”

Explore further:
Past episode about the role fire will play in shaping the 21st century.
Past episode with UN’s global chief heat officer about redesigning cities.
Past episode about finding trillions of dollars needed for climate adaptation.


Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producers are Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Anna Mazarakis and Alicia Clanton. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

We are living through the hottest year on record. That’s not news, but growing climate impacts make bigger and bigger news. At 1.3C of warming beyond pre-industrial levels, people are reckoning with a planetary system that’s out of whack. It’s not like the scientists didn’t see worsening impacts coming, but many of them have been surprised by the ferocity with which some have played out. On this week’s episode of Zero, Bloomberg Green’s Akshat Rathi speaks with his colleague Eric Roston, and Texas Tech University professor Katharine Hayhoe explains why we’re all experiencing “global weirding.”
Explore further:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode about <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/the-21st-century-will-be-shaped-by-fire">the role fire will play in shaping the 21st century</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode with <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/redesigning-cities-for-a-future-of-extreme-heat">UN’s global chief heat officer about redesigning cities</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode about <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/hey-nice-seawall-trillions-climate-adaptation">finding trillions of dollars needed for climate adaptation</a>.</li>
</ul>
 Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producers are Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Anna Mazarakis and Alicia Clanton. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Making sense of “compound” climate impacts in a time of global weirding

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The 2016 fire that encircled the oil-producing town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, forced more than 80,000 people to evacuate and left billions of dollars in damage in its wake. It was a disaster of record-breaking proportions, but also an inevitable byproduct of mankind’s obsession with burning fossil fuels. In this episode, John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather: A True Story from A Hotter World, explains how Canada’s fossil fuel industry came into being, why its existence made the Fort McMurray disaster more likely, and what our collective obsession with fire means for the future of our species.

Explore further:
Past episode about the COP28 text and the significance of agreeing to transition off fossil fuels
Past episode with Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling about whether the world has reached peak crude oil demand
Past episode about how wildfire smoke and air pollution affect your health


Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Anna Mazarakis and Alicia Clanton. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

The 2016 fire that encircled the oil-producing town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, forced more than 80,000 people to evacuate and left billions of dollars in damage in its wake. It was a disaster of record-breaking proportions, but also an inevitable byproduct of mankind’s obsession with burning fossil fuels. In this episode, John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather: A True Story from A Hotter World, explains how Canada’s fossil fuel industry came into being, why its existence made the Fort McMurray disaster more likely, and what our collective obsession with fire means for the future of our species.
Explore further:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/e250263f-9ef9-412f-8a89-b0d7015a0599">about the COP28 text and the significance of agreeing to transition off fossil fuels</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/b761c4f2-d763-4908-8f4c-b09f00d6731f">with Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling about whether the world has reached peak crude oil demand</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/3d0762f4-f28a-4866-9584-b01b011586d5">about how wildfire smoke and air pollution affect your health</a></li>
</ul>
 Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Anna Mazarakis and Alicia Clanton. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

The 21st century will be shaped by fire

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All of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors were shut down after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. As the country's energy needs soar, debate is heating up over whether to bring the world’s largest nuclear plant back online. In this bonus from The Big Take Asia, host K. Oanh Ha speaks to reporter Shoko Oda about her visit to the Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant and the challenges to rebooting it.

All of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors were shut down after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. As the country's energy needs soar, debate is heating up over whether to bring the world’s largest nuclear plant back online. In this bonus from The Big Take Asia, host K. Oanh Ha speaks to reporter Shoko Oda about her visit to the Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant and the challenges to rebooting it.

Big Take Asia: Will the world's biggest nuclear power plant get a restart?

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Why Bill Gates is investing big in nuclear power

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