Congress has a long-standing aversion to climate policy. Cap and trade saw a spectacular death in 2010. A plan to pay utilities for selling more clean electricity was axed this month. And proposals to tax carbon dioxide emissions never had a chance. But there is one major exception to lawmakers’ reluctance to tackle greenhouse gases: …
Irish commissioner in eye of storm as member states row amid energy crisis Ireland’s European Commissioner Maireád McGuinness is moving closer to classifying nuclear energy and gas as having a role to play in the transition to climate neutrality as an energy price crisis consumes the European Union. Soaring electricity bills have made the issue politically …
TOKYO (AP) — Japan adopted a new energy policy on Friday that promotes nuclear and renewables as sources of clean energy to achieve the country’s pledge of reaching carbon neutrality in 2050. The new basic energy plan, adopted by the Cabinet just in time for the climate summit in early November, calls for drastically increasing …
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants. A decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan is moving ahead with plans to restart its nuclear power infrastructure. Germany, a nation with a long history of anti-nuclear sentiments, is on track to phase out all of …
The ongoing energy crisis has spurred division between France and Germany over expanding nuclear power. As energy prices continue to surge and shortages place energy infrastructure under increasing pressure, France is considering a new tack to shore up its energy mix. Per The Financial Times, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to soon approve the development of six small modular …
Bangladesh wants to build another nuclear power plant after its first one is completed, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday as work at the Rooppur plant reached a critical milestone. “If we are able to build another nuclear power plant, we will no longer face a power crisis,” she said after inaugurating the installation of …
Koichi Hagiuda, Japan’s new minister for economy, trade and industry, touched on the importance of nuclear power and Japanese chip production. (Photo by Tomohiro Ebuchi) Hagiuda plans to seek funding to invite TSMC chip plant TOKYO — Nuclear power is “indispensable” to decarbonizing Japan, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said Tuesday, a sign that the new government under …
The Prime Minister confirmed he plans to announce a commitment to scale back fossil fuels at the Tory conference in Manchester Boris Johnson has confirmed plans for all of Britain’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2035 as he seeks to reduce the country’s dependence on gas and other fossil fuels. The Prime Minister …
KEY POINTS “It is crucial to diversify energy supply and reduce European dependency on gas-exporting countries as fast as possible,” Le Maire said in a letter last week. Some national EU governments, namely Spain, have asked for a European response to the spike in energy prices. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, …
Uranium had been sitting at historic lows for most of the last decade, but as demand and sentiment surrounding uranium turned around slowly, prices have begun to turn around. Prices have risen by 40% in the month of September alone, overtaking all other major commodities. A few weeks ago, millions of pounds of supplies were …
