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Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?
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Trump administration announces $2.7B to bolster nuclear energy
Read the full article in The Hill here. Read more from C3 >>> What Could a “Nuclear Revolution” Really Look Like? Read>>> Reforming Radiation Standards to Unlock Nuclear Energy’s Full Potential
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Fossil Fuels Are Not Going Away: Why the Boulder Climate Case Is So Dangerous and SCOTUS Must Step In
Just like fossil fuel divestment, climate court cases to punish fossil fuel (oil, coal, natural gas) producers do not work, and they should be rejected by climate change advocates themselves The allegation is that fossil fuel companies misrepresented the impacts of their products and caused untold billions of dollars in climate and weather damages. Energy Realism proves...
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FCC Foreign Drone Ban Could Impact US Farmers
Politico’s Dana Nickel reported that “the Federal Communications Commission (last week) blacklisted all new foreign-made drones and components over concerns the equipment poses ‘an unacceptable risk’ to national security — ensnaring Chinese drone-maker DJI after long-time concerns that the tech gives Beijing a foothold inside U.S. critical infrastructure.” “The tech was placed on the commission’s ‘Covered...
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USDA Launches New $700 Million Regenerative Ag Pilot Program
USDA wants farmers to focus on soil health and producing more nutritious food. To that end, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, along with Robert “F” Kennedy Jr., Health Secretary, and Doctor Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, announced a $700 million pilot program aimed at supporting regenerative farming. USDA says the Regenerative Pilot Program’s goal...
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Permitting reform is critical to meeting our AI moon shot
With all the talk of incredible energy demand projections for the next few years, it’s easy to brush them off as hype. In fact, it’s hard to keep up. Every time we hear a new projection, it’s higher than the last. Just last week, Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright said we’re going to need...
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Idaho Expands Shared Stewardship for Forest Health
Idaho and the U.S. Forest Service have signed an expanded Shared Stewardship agreement designed to increase active management, accelerate restoration, and reduce wildfire riskacross the state’s federal, state, and private forestlands. The renewed framework deepens the 2018 agreement and sets a target of reaching 100 million board feet of sustainable annual timber output within five years, doubling...
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State bill would give tax credits to new nuclear power plants in Wisconsin
A bill in the Wisconsin Legislature aims to incentivize the development of new nuclear power plants through state tax credits and would make nuclear power a high-priority energy source. Under the bill, new nuclear plants coming online in 2030 or later would be able to qualify for tax credits based on their energy generation. The bill...
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Trump administration to direct more water to California farms
The Trump administration is making good on a promise to send more water to California farmers in the state’s crop-rich Central Valley. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Thursday announced a new plan for operating the Central Valley Project, a vast system of pumps, dams and canals that direct water southward from the state’s wetter north....