“All these nuke bros who know nothing about operating a reactor, they just want a free pass,” Allison Macfarlane, former chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, tells Bloomberg. “They can have their free pass, but then they will have an accident.”
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New industry-backed research shows how waste from deep-sea mining could have far-reaching effects on fish and their food.
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A nuclear energy startup and the Silicon Valley and MAGA bigwigs backing it are chipping away at federal oversight of new reactor designs.
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Energy Star might survive after all.
The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering keeping it alive, following news earlier this year that the Trump administration would shutter the money-saving program as part of its efforts to roll back energy and water efficiency standards.
E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program
[The New York TImes]



