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Chinese Manufacturers Speed Up Efforts to Dodge Trump Tariffs
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Chinese Manufacturers Speed Up Efforts to Dodge Trump Tariffs

After the Trump administration put a new 10% tariff on Chinese products earlier this month, Agilian Technology, an electronics manufacturer in China, pressed forward with its plan to avoid additional levies. In the run-up to last year’s election, Agilian grew worried that the U.S. would introduce new tariffs if Donald Trump returned to the White House, and one of...

America’s national labs and research institutions are eager to help build a new Golden Age
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America’s national labs and research institutions are eager to help build a new Golden Age

President Trump has unveiled his vision for the Golden Age for America, building a government that works more efficiently for the American people, unleashes the private sector to grow and innovate, and enables our nation to protect and defend its interests worldwide with a Peace through strength approach. This is the vision that a majority...

Colorado Utility Looking at Adding Nuclear Power to Fleet
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Colorado Utility Looking at Adding Nuclear Power to Fleet

A volunteer advisory group told the utility that serves Colorado’s second-largest city that it should look at adding a small nuclear reactor for additional power generation. Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) said it is reviewing the recommendation from the Utility Policy Advisory Committee (UPAC). That committee, which is not affiliated with the utility, in June of...

Low-Energy Fridays: Trade Boosts America’s Energy Security, Tariffs Threaten It
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Low-Energy Fridays: Trade Boosts America’s Energy Security, Tariffs Threaten It

Over the last 50 years, America has seen domestic energy production grow much faster than energy consumption. As a result, we now export more energy than we import. International trade in energy, both imports and exports, has been an important part of the energy industry’s success; however, recently proposed tariffs threaten this achievement. On Feb. 1, the...

Korea Cancels Planned Reactor After Impeaching Pro-Nuke Leader
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Korea Cancels Planned Reactor After Impeaching Pro-Nuke Leader

South Korea has scaled down its plans for nuclear power after the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, an atomic energy advocate, gave the opposition party greater influence over the country’s long-term energy policy.  The Asian nation expects to add a total of 3.5 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2038, according to a government plan finalized...

Trump administration identifies hundreds of energy projects that could be fast-tracked
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Trump administration identifies hundreds of energy projects that could be fast-tracked

The Trump administration has identified hundreds of “emergency” energy projects whose approvals could be fast-tracked. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has updated its website to put hundreds of new projects on its emergency docket under President Trump’s energy emergency declaration. Among those on the list are approval for the construction of a tunnel that would...

U.S. and India Revamp Bilateral Energy, Trade Pacts
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U.S. and India Revamp Bilateral Energy, Trade Pacts

A little over two years ago, representatives of President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated a commitment to a “strategic clean energy partnership,” stressing that “climate and clean energy collaboration should promote energy access, affordability, energy justice, while supporting sustainable economic growth and just energy transitions.” And just last September, the Biden and Modi...

A look at the work ahead before historic restart of Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear plant
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A look at the work ahead before historic restart of Constellation’s Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Five months after announcing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 and launch the Crane Clean Energy Center (CECC), Constellation provided updates on hiring, site readiness, inspections, new equipment purchases and upgrades, and licensing for the project. Three Mile Island was shut down in 2019. Owner Exelon decided to end operations after a...

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