Governor Gavin Newsom, issued an executive order to require all new cars sold to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035 and threw his support behind a ban on the controversial use
Continue readingCalifornia will phase out sales of gas-powered cars by 2035
Mindy Lubber, CEO and president of Ceres, perhaps the leading corporate sustainability non-profit focused on building business support for acting on climate, announced the issuance of a major report on
Continue readingFinance Experts Are Ringing the Alarm About Climate Change
NuScale Power achieved a major milestone with far-reaching implications, by being the first private company to receive approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an advanced reactor design. As NuScale’s
Continue readingFirst Advanced Nuclear Design Approved by the NRC
Exxon Mobil Corp., the most prominent U.S. fossil fuel company, and one widely reviled for four decades of stonewalling action on and deliberate, deceptive obfuscation about the risks of climate
Continue readingExxon Mobil booted off the Dow Jones Industrial Index
The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA, S.903) which had 22 bipartisan co-sponsors, was introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA, S.4049) by
Continue readingUS Senate passes Nuclear Energy Leadership Act but reconciliation remains
A draft of the Democratic Party’s policy platform backs aggressive climate change proposals to reach net-zero emissions as quickly as possible using a technology-neutral approach that values “existing and advanced
Continue readingDNC draft climate platform includes nuclear power
The US International Development Finance Corporation has ended a ban on financing nuclear power projects and “will prioritize the support of advanced nuclear technology in emerging and frontier markets,” the
Continue readingUS agency ends ban, will now finance advanced nuclear projects abroad
A new non-profit, Good Energy Collective, has been founded to build the progressive case for nuclear energy as an essential part of the broader climate change agenda. The group, founded
Continue readingGood Energy Collective seeks to rebuild nuclear’s climate credentials
Nuclear plants today provide 10% of the world’s electricity, all of it carbon-free – that’s almost twice the combined contribution of solar and wind. To meet the key energy goals
Continue readingNuclear power has a big role to play in the energy transition
By David Dalton Nuclear power is playing an important role in the world’s production of clean energy, “contributing massively” to avoiding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in many countries and providing
Continue readingIAEA Head Tells Ministers Nuclear is ‘Contributing Massively’