"The contract announced by BWXT on Monday will mark the start of a 'deployment phase,' essentially kicking off an exploration of options for the centrifuge pilot plant’s deployment. The engineering study aims 'to inform the acquisition approach for a pilot plant that will demonstrate the DUE centrifuge performance, reliability, and life-cycle costs for the NNSA. Fluor will be the engineering, procurement, and construction service provider for the activity,' BWXT said."
"Prescribed or controlled burns — fighting fire with fire — have long been used by indigenous groups to manage wildfire risk. Clearing excess vegetation reduces a forest’s fuel load, making it less likely a blaze will break out or spread quickly. But it’s a manpower-intensive process. BurnBot’s June burn covered an area the size of an American football field using a five-member crew; Chiverton says the same job sans robot would have needed 10 people."
"The Supreme Court’s decision thus comes at a critical moment. The justices have empowered Congress to prevent or roll back trade decisions that are too ambiguous or illegal. Trade expert Alan Wolff has argued that Mr. Trump may not have authority to impose 10% across-the-board tariffs. Arguably, the post-Chevron environment permits legal challenges to some existing trade restrictions—say, on steel and aluminum tariffs or on restrictions of electric vehicles and components from allies with market economies. Rules covering restrictions on exports and imports of high-technology equipment and software could also be challenged, according to a Morgan Lewis analysis. Affected parties in both private and public sectors could file complaints."
"With a modern permitting system in the United States, we can continue to be a dominant energy producer and capitalize on our carbon efficiency: energy produced in the U.S. is cleaner than nearly every other country in the world. We can reduce our reliance on countries like China for the critical minerals we need to create clean energy technologies like batteries and solar panels. We can modernize our energy infrastructure to strengthen our electric grid and integrate emerging technologies, like clean hydrogen. We can displace dirty energy sources by exporting American-made energy to our allies around the world."
Emma Pitts writes in Deseret News about global access to clean water. “‘I think it’s too important for either of those to be allowed to own it. This is an issue that affects people of all politics and no politics, people who don’t even know what politics is,’ he said. ‘I think it’s a basic...
"Calectra is only just starting to put this concept to the test. With the pre-seed and grant funding in hand, Meskanen and Weger are working to grow their team by hiring a materials scientist and hardware engineers to help nail down the brick-material combinations and build a larger prototype of the system, in preparation for raising a round of seed funding."
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Paul Dabber writes in the Washington Examiner about the material inflation in U.S. power prices. The availability of power plants has been shrinking due to environmental regulations being placed on older, primarily coal plants. Not enough power plants are being built to cover for those shutdowns due to federal and local restrictions on new construction. And...
Emily Domenech and Danielle Butcher Franz write in The Hill about environmentalist efforts to stall climate progress. “Those who advocate for emissions reductions must understand that these goals will not be met by simply opposing everything. Clean energy deployment and active forest management – both crucial climate solutions – will not fall out of the...
Todd Woody of Bloomberg reports on the race to turn air into clean water. “MOFs are made from mostly common elements such as carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, copper and aluminum. But Taha says that some of the specialized molecules Atoco needs can be expensive due to their scarcity, and its scientists are working to synthesize them...
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