China Eyeing A Transition to Nuclear
China’s most recent five-year plan aims to increase Chinese nuclear power generation capacity to 70 gigawatts by 2025, up from 50 gigawatts. It appears that Chinese leadership has begun to
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Exxon Mobil booted off the Dow Jones Industrial Index
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
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Climate Action 100+ deploys asset managers of $40 trillion to pressure corporate action on climate
Climate Action 100+ (CA100+), the largest asset manager activist alliance, with more than 450 investor members which collectively manage $40 trillion in assets, has secured climate action commitments from 70%
US agency ends ban, will now finance advanced nuclear projects abroad
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
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Nuclear power has a big role to play in the energy transition
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
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IAEA Head Tells Ministers Nuclear is ‘Contributing Massively’
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
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Lagarde puts fighting climate into agenda of European Central Bank’s bond program
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, wants to use the €2.8tn asset purchase scheme in the fight against climate change. This marks the first time that the ECB
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Floating Nuke Power Plants Get Backing From Quant Investor
Gary Bergstrom, a hedge fund manager, is yet another technically-expert and sophisticated investor willing to place a bet on advanced nuclear to solve for clean, inexpensive energy. He’s backing a
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