Nuclear

Pennsylvania’s Governor Wants to Cut Power Plant Emissions With His Own Cap-and-Invest Program

Gov. Josh Shapiro promises to pull the state out of a broader cap-and-invest cooperative involving 11 Northeast states, known as RGGI, if lawmakers approve his plan. But Shapiro promised to press on with his appeal of a court ruling that effectively blocked RGGI membership, until his own plan is passed.

By Jon Hurdle

Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Shouts Down Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Over a Proposed ‘Hydrogen Hub’

By Kiley Bense

Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose

By Noel Lyn Smith

Virginia Utilities Seek Unbridled Rate Adjustments for Unproven Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Two New Bills

By Jake Bolster

New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico

By Noel Lyn Smith

2023 in Climate News: Did Renewable Energy’s Surge Keep Pace With a Radically Warming Climate?

By ICN Staff

Wyoming Could Gain the Most from Federal Climate Funding, But Obstacles Are Many

By Marianne Lavelle

Amid Glimmers of Bipartisan Interest, Advocates Press Congress to Add Nuclear Power to the Climate Equation

By Emma Ricketts

Meet the Millennial Scientist Leading the Biden Administration’s Push for a Nuclear Power Revival

By Dan Gearino

What Lego—Yes, Lego—Can Teach Us About Avoiding Energy Project Boondoggles

By Dan Gearino

Germany’s New Government Had Big Plans on Climate, Then Russia Invaded Ukraine. What Happens Now?

By Dan Gearino

Chernobyl Is Not the Only Nuclear Threat Russia’s Invasion Has Sparked in Ukraine

By Michael Kodas

In Georgia, Bloated Costs Take Over a Nuclear Power Plant and a Fight Looms Over Who Pays

By James Bruggers

Nuclear Fusion: Why the Race to Harness the Power of the Sun Just Sped Up

By Tom Wilson in Oxford and Ian Bott in London, Financial Times

Bill Gates’ Vision for Next-Generation Nuclear Power in Wyoming Coal Country

By Hal Bernton, Seattle Times, and Judy Fahys, Inside Climate News

This Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Is Pitched for Washington State. Can it ‘Change the World’?

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times

Nuclear Energy Industry Angles for Bigger Role in Washington State and US as Climate Change Accelerates

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times

How Pay-to-Play Politics and an Uneasy Coalition of Nuclear and Renewable Energy Led to a Flawed Illinois Law

By Dan Gearino, Brett Chase

Inside Clean Energy: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Reaches a Contentious End

By Dan Gearino