U.S. Development Bank Ends Ban on Financing Nuclear Power Projects

U.S. Government Unveils Roadmap to Triple Current Nuclear Capacity by 2050

Climate Change and Emissions, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Nuclear, PRODUCTS

The White House on Nov. 12 announced a new framework to ramp up domestic nuclear energy capacity, with an ambitious target to reach 200 gigawatts (GW) by 2050. The roadmap sets two short-term targets of adding 35 GW of new nuclear capacity by 2035 and sustaining 15 GW of annual nuclear production by 2040. To…...

EPA Releases Strategic Plan in Conjunction with President's Proposed $11.8 Billion Budget to Address Climate Change, Environmental Justice

U.S. EPA Issues Final Rule to Implement Methane Waste Emission Charge for Oil and Gas Sector

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 12 announced a final rule to support the implementation of a Waste Emission Charge to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, established the methane emissions fee to impose a charge on certain oil and gas facilities that emit…...