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Apr 03 2024
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Our Sustainable City: Energy sources, coastal resilience and energy transitioning
As someone fairly new to the South Portland area, I remember recently driving over the Casco Bay Bridge and being astounded by the vitality of the working waterfront. From commercial fishing boats unloading their catches at the piers, to ferries shuttling people to and from the islands, to marine terminals provisioning our state with energy resources, it’s a marvel to see our coast so utilized
Portland Press HeraldOct 10 2023
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Dominion Energy warned about cracked nuclear plant pipe
JENKINSVILLE, S.C. — Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again in a backup emergency fuel line. Small cracks have been found a half-dozen times in the past 20 years in pipes that carry fuel to emergency generators that provide cooling water for a reactor if electricity fails at the Virgil C
Richmond Times DispatchMar 22 2024
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Energy Committee Advances Procurement Bill
HARTFORD, CT – A bill that would include other New England states in the contract negotiations with the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Waterford was voted through the Connecticut General Assembly’s energy committee along party lines Thursday, but not without some resistance from Republicans. The bill, Senate Bill 385, would incorporate other New England states into the decision-making
CT News JunkieApr 16 2024
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Updates From BloombergNEF Energy and Climate Summit
Welcome to TOPLive. BloombergNEF’s annual energy and climate summit brings together corporate executives, government officials and industry leaders. The summit this year will span clean power, trade, federal US policy, hydrogen and climate technology. Join us for the first day of the two-day event at 9 a.m. New York time for news and analysis of the presentations.
BloombergDec 16 2016
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The Conservative Case for Nuclear Energy
It’s reliable, safe, and, unlike solar and wind, doesn’t eat up huge swathes of land.
As the Trump transition team prepares to take power in Washington, they should be making the conservative case for nuclear energy. During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump declared: “Nuclear power is a valuable source of energy and should be part of an all-the-above program for providing power
National Review (News)Apr 11 2024
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Power Failure: Subcommittee Seeks Solution to Decades-Old Nuclear Waste Problem
Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security rehashed the costly problem this week, but did not define any real solutions. The United States still has no plan for permanently storing more than 94,000 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear waste produced by nuclear power plants, despite a 1998 deadline that required the federal Department of Energy (DOE) to have a facility available to
The Epoch TimesApr 19 2024
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On energy, Biden taking 'another step in the wrong direction'
The Biden administration moved to block oil and gas activity on millions of acres of Alaskan land and effectively rejected a road project needed to mine large reserves of copper in the state on Friday, Bloomberg News reported. The Department of the Interior (DOI) finalized a plan that will restrict future oil leasing and development on about half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A
WNDMay 17 2023
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Tennessee Gov. Lee advances nuclear energy initiative
Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday the formation of a nuclear energy advisory council to meet his ambitious goal of making Tennessee the national leader in developing the next generation of nuclear power. State of play: The council — which will consist of lawmakers, state officials, members of Congress and industry leaders — will advise Lee on the steps needed to expand nuclear facilities in the
AxiosApr 22 2024
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Israeli Attack on Iran 'May Accelerate' Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions
A targeted strike on an air defense radar site that helps protect an Iranian nuclear facility “may accelerate” Tehran’s timeline for obtaining a nuclear weapon, Middle Eastern experts warn. Hours before Israel purportedly carried out a retaliatory drone attack Friday near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran that activated Iranian air defenses, Reuters reported that the Islamic
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