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The Atomic Energy Advancement Act: Preparing the Way for Advanced Nuclear Power Plants  

Cresforum

Introduction One of the main messages coming out of the recent COP28 meetings in the UAE concerns the role that nuclear power can play in the future of clean energy development around the world. The hope is that this encourages international financial institutions to include nuclear energy in loans for energy projects.

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Analysis: Is hydrogen the new oil?

A Greener Life

Japan, a long-time supporter of nuclear power, now has serious hydrogen ambitions. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. They have government backing too, with heavy spending on recharging networks. By Fred Pearce.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

In a separate but similar Ninth Circuit appeal, the federal government filed a brief on October 18 urging the court to overturn a district court decision vacating the listing of a ringed seal subspecies as threatened based on climate change threats through the end of the century.

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New Sabin Center Report Finds NYISO Could Price Carbon in Wholesale Electricity Markets

Law Columbia

Even the proposal’s main architect, former Secretary of State James Baker, acknowledged that he faces an “uphill slog” in convincing the federal government to act. Here in New York, for example, we already have three forms of more or less direct carbon pricing. In the absence of federal action, many states are stepping in.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

DOE head says carbon dioxide not primary cause of climate change. . Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. How Science Can Survive Hostile Governments. Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference. 2017.06.19. 2017.06.19.