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It is rare that a single scientific paper shapes how people think about a challenge as daunting as climate change. But one, known as “Wedges,” published 22 years ago by researchers at Princeton University, told an irresistible story.

It was once considered one of the fundamental rules of Brexit. Not anymore.

The UK government is in discussions with its French counterparts about buying back three nuclear sites from the state-owned energy giant EDF, as Whitehall seeks to take control of the forthcoming expansion of nuclear power.

If the polls are correct, Ed Miliband will be U.K. energy secretary by Friday, overseeing Labour’s ambitious push to back clean energy projects like solar and wind farms all over the country.

Politicians shut down the Stormont Assembly for two years. Among the casualties: Northern Ireland’s hopes of greening its economy.