After a long and divisive election year, it’s tempting to view every policy issue as deeply polarized. Republicans see the world one way, Democrats see it another way, and never the twain shall meet. That may be true for some issues, but it doesn’t have to be true for the complex set of issues that...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently expanded Nevada’s electricity grid by giving NV Energy the greenlight to build the 472-mile long Greenlink West Transmission Project that stretches from Reno to Las Vegas. Greenlink West will connect dozens of solar projects to the grid, making it pivotal to Nevada’s clean-energy plan. BLM received more than 200 public comments on...
The event hosted by C3 Solutions underscored the importance of streamlining permitting processes, reducing bureaucratic red tape, and unlocking domestic resources.
China on Tuesday banned exports to the United States of the critical minerals gallium, germanium and antimony that have widespread military applications, escalating trade tensions the day after Washington’s latest crackdown on China’s chip sector. The curbs strengthen enforcement of existing limits on critical minerals exports that Beijing began rolling out last year, but apply only to the U.S....
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, along with governors from 15 other states, signed a joint letter Monday urging Congress to pass a new farm bill and provide “immediate financial assistance” to the agricultural sector. “Our nation’s agriculture industry is in trouble and if meaningful support is not provided soon, the well-being of...
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is bringing in top Biden administration energy officials for a Dec. 4 hearing on the administration’s decision to pause approvals for certain new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities. Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon, a Republican from Texas, will be hosting the...
For the first time in more than two decades, researchers at the US Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have performed critical experiment using high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) TRISO (TRI-structural ISOtropic) fuel. The Deimos experiment was performed at the National Criticality Experiments Research Centre (NCERC) outside of Las Vegas, operated by LANL at the Nevada National...
Last week, Senators Joe Manchin III (I-WV), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering granting West Virginia Class VI primacy, allowing the state to manage its own carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.
A coalition of Michigan companies, labor, business and environmental groups are rallying behind a trio of bills that would give Michigan the ability to permit carbon capture and sequestration projects in the state. That would pave the way for more aggressive adoption of the technology, the supporters said during a Tuesday virtual press conference about...
State regulators now may participate more fully in the long-term regional transmission planning process under newly adopted modifications to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Order No. 1920 rule. “I applaud my colleagues for helping us achieve this bipartisan, unanimous compromise, which will benefit all Americans,” FERC Chairman Willie Phillips said Thursday. Approved on Nov....
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