Department of Energy Launches Effort to Speed Power Grid Projects for AI September 19, 2025 By Timothy Gardner The Trump administration on Thursday launched an effort to speed development of power plants and transmission lines as artificial intelligence...
US Releases $57M in Financing to Help Reopen Michigan Reactor March 18, 2025 By Timothy Gardner The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has disbursed $57 million of an up to $1.52 billion loan...
Russia Oil Fleet Shifts Away From Liberia, Marshall Island Flags as Sanctions Ramp Up March 6, 2024 By Jonathan Saul and Timothy Gardner Dozens of oil tankers used by Russia have stopped sailing under the Liberian and Marshall Islands flags in recent weeks...
EPA Directs $1 Billion to 25 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanups February 28, 2024 By Timothy Gardner The U.S. environment regulator said on Tuesday it is launching new cleanup projects at 25 hazardous waste sites from New...
As Russian Oil Crosses G-7’s Price Cap, US Eyes Soft Enforcement July 27, 2023 By Timothy Gardner and Laura Sanicola The Biden administration is poised to increase outreach to western trading houses, insurers and tanker owners to remind them to...
Green Groups Sue Biden Admin Over Approval of Alaska Willow Oil Project March 15, 2023 By Timothy Gardner Six environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil and gas project...
Big Oil Does Little to Act On Climate Despite Vows December 12, 2022 By Timothy Gardner Major energy companies are not doing enough to prevent the worst effects of climate change despite public promises to fight...
G7’s Price Cap on Russia Oil Takes Shape but Will Russia Sidestep Insurance Rules? September 12, 2022 By Timothy Gardner The Group of Seven countries is working to cap the price of Russian oil in an attempt to limit Moscow’s...
Biden Admin Announces $3 Billion in FEMA Climate Resilience Funding August 12, 2022 By Timothy Gardner The Biden administration on Friday announced it is putting more than $3 billion into two federal programs to help communities...
U.S. Nuclear Power Regulator Backs NuScale Design After Quake Safety Review June 2, 2022 By Timothy Gardner NuScale Power Corp.’s design for a new kind of nuclear reactor is adequate to protect the project from damage by...