Trump Wants to Bail Out Coal and Nuclear Power. Here’s Why That Will Be Hard.
Trump Wants to Bail Out Coal and Nuclear Power. Here’s Why That Will Be Hard.
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Duke Energy (finally) agrees: Levy County New Nukes Wrong Plan NIRS and Levy County FL Environmental Leaders Celebrate!
CONTACTS: Tim Judson, Executive Director 301-270-6477 / timj@nirs.org Mary Olson, Lead Intervenor 828-242-5621(cell) maryo@nirs.org Today US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announces Termination of Levy County Units 1 & 2 Combined Nuclear Construction and Operating Licenses at request of site owner, Duke Energy Ten years ago Duke (then, Progress Energy) began the idea…
Celebrating the Birth of NIRS
This year, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) will celebrate 40 years of tireless nuclear-free, carbon-free advocacy. When I joined NIRS in 2016, my staff position as Energy Democracy Specialist was a new venture for the organization. Yet the commitment to democratic decision-making, ownership and control of decentralized energy resources has been at the…
Trump Budget Backs Nuclear, Coal; Cuts Funding for Renewables
Trump Budget Backs Nuclear, Coal; Cuts Funding for Renewables
Challenge to N.Y. Nuclear Subsidies Will Go to Trial
Challenge to N.Y. Nuclear Subsidies Will Go to Trial
Court Rejects Effort to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging $7.6 billion Nuclear Subsidy In New York State’s Clean Energy Standard
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release Source: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater www.clearwater.org Contact: Stephen Kent skent@kentcom.com 914-589-5988 [Albany, NY – January 23, 2018] Two weeks after the Federal Energy Commission rejected a Department of Energy proposal for federal subsidies to prop up uncompetitive nuclear plants , the New York State Supreme Court in Albany County…
Uranium Miners Pushed Hard for a Comeback. They Got Their Wish.
Uranium Miners Pushed Hard for a Comeback. They Got Their Wish.
A Tale of Two Vogtles: Georgia Reactors are Nuclear’s Last Stand, and the End of the Road
The nuclear power industry and its political backers could not afford to let the Vogtle nuclear project collapse so soon after its twin in South Carolina (the Summer 2 and 3 reactors). It’s hard to overestimate how desperate the U.S. nuclear industry is to keep Vogtle construction going. Rightly or wrongly (more likely the latter),…
Georgia Commission Continues Vogtle Reactor Boondoggle … But the Project is Probably Still Doomed
Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission, which regulates electric and gas utilities in the state, voted to approve continued construction of two nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle. This decision is unsurprising because of the Commission’s utter failure to question the project throughout its ten-year history, but the decision is all the more ridiculous…
Trump Administration Rushing Bailout for Nuclear and Coal Market Rules Could Reshape U.S. Energy Policy, Block Renewables
Until last month, it wasn’t clear whether U.S. President Donald Trump intended to follow through on his promises to promote dirty energy. The signs had been bad since the early days of his campaign–from bellicose claims about “bringing coal back” and intending to pull out of the Global Climate Agreement, to canceling the Clean Power…