Climate
This map shows where nuclear reactors are being built and where they are shutting down
There are 93 commercial nuclear reactors operating in the United States at 55 locations in 28 states. The majority of nuclear reactors are in the eastern portion of the U.S. Currently, 25 reactors are in some phase of decommissioning. There are also licenses approved for another eight nuclear reactors to be constructed in the U.S. […]
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This daughter and father founded a company to bury nuclear waste by drilling deep boreholes
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Elizabeth Muller, the CEO, and Richard Muller, the chief technology officer, of Deep Isolation, in Texas for their 2019 demonstration. Photographer: Roman Pino, Courtesy Deep Isolation There is no permanent nuclear waste depository in the United States. Instead, nuclear waste is stored in dry casks at the locations of currently […]
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China’s BYD ends full combustion engine cars to focus on electric, plug-in hybrids
A BYD Co. electronic vehicle (EV) is charged at an EV charging station at the company’s campus in the Pingshan district of Shenzhen, China. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD said that as of last month it stopped making combustion engine vehicles and now produces full electric […]
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Empty canals, dead cotton fields: Arizona farmers are getting slammed by water cuts in the West
Farmer Nancy Caywood stands in what once was an alfalfa field. The land is now fallow after her farm was cut off from accessing water from the San Carlos reservoir. Emma Newburger | CNBC CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — On the drought-stricken land where Pinal County farmers have irrigated crops for thousands of years, Nancy Caywood stopped […]
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Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for electric vehicle battery materials
U.S. President Joe Biden announces the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as part of administration efforts to lower gasoline prices, during remarks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 31, […]
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Tesla extends Shanghai plant suspension amid lockdown, internal notice says
A truck transports new Tesla cars at its factory in Shanghai, China May 13, 2021. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla has cancelled plans to resume production at its Shanghai factory on Friday and Saturday, an internal notice seen by Reuters showed, further delaying reopening of the manufacturing hub for its Model 3 and Model Y cars. […]
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Make $87.50 in 3 minutes: Reporting idling trucks in NYC has become a lucrative side hustle for clean-air vigilantes
Ernest Welde says he’s been chased, swung at and even pushed by truck drivers, who disapprove of his side gig. From his phone, Welde records trucks that are parked for longer than three minutes with their engines still running, an offense in New York City. “Every time I go out of my house, I am […]
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How hackers and geopolitics could derail the planned energy transition
This image shows an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underway at all, have become major talking points in recent years. How the transition — which can be seen as a shift away from […]
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Biden announces new funding to make homes more energy efficient
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles, and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson at the State Department in Washington, February 7, 2022. Andrew Harnik | Pool | Reuters The Biden administration on Wednesday announced […]
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‘A ghost is driving the car’ — my peaceful and productive experience in a Waymo self-driving van
PHOENIX — “A ghost is driving the car.” That’s what my 5-year-old daughter said as I FaceTimed her recently from the backseat of a Waymo autonomous vehicle in the suburbs here. Motorists and pedestrians who passed by had a similar reaction. They pointed, stared and even gasped when they noticed there was no one in […]
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