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Funding for R&D isn’t a gift to academia
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Funding for R&D isn’t a gift to academia

As President Donald Trump pledges to win the artificial intelligence race, send Americans to Mars and sustain U.S. military dominance, we would do well to remember a key reason the United States achieved its technological edge in the first place: federal investment in ambitious research and development. The U.S. is racing against its adversaries to...

Dow and X-energy submit for construction permit for nuclear project in Texas
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Dow and X-energy submit for construction permit for nuclear project in Texas

Chemical firm Dow and X-energy Reactor Company have submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas, the companies said on Monday. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT The U.S. nuclear industry, which has faced expansion challenges in recent decades, is witnessing a surge in demand on...

Nuclear growth helps South Korea cut back on coal and LNG imports
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Nuclear growth helps South Korea cut back on coal and LNG imports

Record nuclear power production is helping South Korea to cut imports of thermal coal and LNG to multi-year lows so far in 2025, offering a potential blueprint for other power-hungry nations looking to curb reliance on fossil fuel imports. Nuclear reactors have generated more electricity than South Korea’s coal and natural gas-fired plants since September...

EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal
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EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal

EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is considering options to soften the bloc’s 2040 climate goal as he tries to contain a backlash against Europe’s climate ambitions. The European Commission, the EU’s executive, is expected to propose legislation in the coming weeks to adopt a previously announced target to cut 90 percent of greenhouse gas pollution...

These nuclear companies are leading the race to build advanced small reactors in the U.S.
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These nuclear companies are leading the race to build advanced small reactors in the U.S.

The nuclear industry is racing to launch advanced small reactors by the early 2030s, aiming to meet the deep-pocketed technology sector’s growing need for electricity to fuel artificial intelligence. The world has relied largely on the same pressurized-water reactor technology for the past 70 years, but those plants have proven incredibly expensive to build in...

Secretary Wright Acts to Remove Red Tape, Accelerate Mission Execution at America’s National Weapons and Science Labs
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Secretary Wright Acts to Remove Red Tape, Accelerate Mission Execution at America’s National Weapons and Science Labs

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced new actions to ease burdensome permitting rules and regulations for construction projects at the Department’s 17 National Labs. These reforms will accelerate much-needed critical infrastructure improvement projects at DOE’s National Labs, enabling the Department to move faster on important projects while saving hundreds of millions of dollars...

EU targeting energy laws in drive to cut red tape, sources say
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EU targeting energy laws in drive to cut red tape, sources say

he European Commission is considering changes to EU energy laws as part of its next package of proposals to cut the regulatory burden for struggling industries, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Brussels has launched a drive to remove layers of bureaucracy that European businesses say set them at a disadvantage against China and...

Low Energy Fridays: How the EPA’s Endangerment Finding Became Endangered
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Low Energy Fridays: How the EPA’s Endangerment Finding Became Endangered

As discussed previously, the series of 31 deregulatory actions recently announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contains enough content for a month’s worth of Low-Energy Fridays. But, today, we are focusing on one of the more high-profile actions announced: the elimination of the EPA’s so-called “endangerment finding.”  The story began two decades ago during the George W....

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