Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy includes stories on the efforts to increase nuclear energy efficiency through modernized plant design and more efficient reactors. We also include information on nuclear waste disposal and storage.
Japan Urges Industry to Cut Energy Use 15%
The Japanese government is pushing its industrial sector and citizens in certain parts of the country to reduce the amount of energy they use, in ...
NREL Unveils ‘More Accurate’ Energy Project Emissions Calculator
Cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions from solar photovoltaics are about 5 percent of those from coal; wind and solar are about equal in emissions; and nuclear ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Australia Carbon Tax, Japanese Nuclear, More Fracking Rules
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
The Australian government's preliminary list of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS Settlement
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The Obama administration has set national standards ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Registrations, EPA Delays, BPA in Packaging
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 13 items.
The EPA approved the first applications for ...
Coal Power Plants to Increase Capacity, GBI Says
The consumption of coal in North America is expected to grow to 940.4 million metric tons (MMt) over the next eight years, as a result ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting Law
Entergy, the owner of Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, N.Y., has agreed with the New York State DEC to pay a $1.2 million penalty ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Poland Veto, World Water Forum, NRC Safety Rules, Ohio Fracking Law
Coal-reliant Poland vetoed a European Union roadmap for cutting the bloc's carbon emissions by 80 percent by mid-century. All 26 other EU countries supported the ...
Consumer Support for Green Energy Drops
Consumer support for clean energy declined significantly between 2009 and 2011, according to a report by Pike Research.
The cleantech market intelligence firm's annual Energy & ...
Nuclear Has Nine Times the Potential of Solar, Report Says
The United States' capacity for the expansion of nuclear power is almost nine times greater than for that of solar thermal power, according to research ...
Cleantech Innovations Continue to Thrive
Cleantech innovations continue to thrive, a sign that viability for eco-friendly energy technologies is continuing. With increasing opportunity to innovate in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FY 2013 Budget, ITC Wind Tower Decision, PVC Emissions
President Obama has proposed his FY 2013 budget, whose measures include the cancellation of $4 billion a year in oil and gas tax breaks ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CSAPR Signed & Adjusted, New Nukes, Keystone XL, Fracking Tax
The EPA has made a few adjustments to its cross-state air pollution rules (CSAPR), which were signed Tuesday. The adjustments increase budgets in 17 ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CASE Report, Solyndra Probe, Keystone XL, Halliburton
The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) has found that levying 100-percent import duties on Chinese-made solar cells and modules may cost more than ...
Policy & Enforcement: EU 2020 Targets, Japan Nuclear Safety, Light-Duty Vehicle Emissions
A European Commission analysis said that raising the EU's 2020 emission reduction target to 30 percent may be less costly than previously reported. The cost ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, The New York ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: China Bulb Ban, Toxics Reporting, Superfund Renewables
China is the latest country to ban the import and sale of incandescent light bulbs, Reuters reported. The country's National Development and Reform ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy Department Probe, Arizona Copper Mining, Cape Wind Setback
President Obama has promised House Republicans investigating the government's aid to to the now-bankrupt solar firm Solyndra that a former business executive will lead an independent ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Zones, Ozone Hearing, Carbon Tax
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (pictured left) on Thursday announced a revised plan to establish solar energy zones in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for ConocoPhillips and Sherwin-Williams
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it has published three final rules on Thursday, dramatically shaking up the payment method for transmission, particularly in the ...
