Embrace Nuclear Energy

Energy drinks, death stares and sideline swag: Inside Sean Payton's 'game-day' alter ego

More than a dozen players and coaches shared stories about the Denver head coach, who led New Orleans from 2006 to 2021.

Sports - ESPN - October 17

Biofuels stock Gevo continues rally, boosted by $1.46 billion Energy Department loan

Shares of renewable-chemicals and biofuels company Gevo continued their rally Friday, lifted by a $1.46 billion loan commitment from the U.S. Energy Department earlier this week.

Business - MarketWatch - October 18

Cuba’s electrical grid goes offline after one of the island's major power plant fails, said the energy ministry

World - ABC News - October 18

Biden administration proposes to boost geothermal energy projects by cutting early-stage environmental reviews

The Biden administration proposed this week to speed up the process of approving geothermal energy projects by exempting them from early-stage environmental reviews. If the Bureau of Land ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Russia halting strikes on energy targets could lead to peace talks, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president floats mutual cessation of aerial attacks on power grids as first step towards ending war

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Chevron CEO says 'consistent and coherent energy policy' is what matters for the next administration

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told CNBC's Jim Cramer what kind of government action is important for his company.

Business - CNBC - October 24

Eye on America: New hotel runs on clean energy, and growing threats of inland flooding

In North Carolina, we learn about the growing threat of severe flooding facing inland communities. And in Connecticut, we check in at the only hotel in the country that runs entirely on renewable ...

Israel Struck Air Defenses Around Critical Iranian Energy Sites, Officials Say

Israeli attacks hit air-defense systems around important energy sites but avoided the facilities themselves, Iranian and Israeli officials said. The United States had urged Israel not to strike ...

World - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Icahn Enterprises’ stock slides 14% as majority-owned CVR Energy suspends its dividend

Icahn Enterprises LP’s stock fell 4% early Tuesday, after CVR Energy Inc., in which it owns a 66% stake, said it would suspend its third-quarter dividend, as unplanned outages and a weak macro ...

Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago

I worked on clean energy reform under both Trump and Biden — we cannot go back

The difference between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris when it comes to climate and clean energy policy could not be more stark.

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Google signs deal to use small modular nuclear reactors to power AI data centers

Google has signed a deal with Kairos Power to build a fleet of small modular nuclear reactors to power its data centers, the tech giant announced Monday. The small modular reactors, a type of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

Oil Prices Fall After Israel Reportedly Says It Won’t Target Iran’s Nuclear or Oil Facilities

Brent crude, the international benchmark, was trading at below $74 a barrel on Tuesday, a drop from the $80 range.

World - The New York Times - October 15

Middle East crisis live: US warns Israel it will withhold arms funding if Gaza aid doesn’t improve

US state department confirms reports that secretary of state and defense secretary warned Israel . See all our Middle East coverage here Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Israel Tells U.S. It Won’t Hit Iran’s Oil or Nuclear Sites in Next Attack, Officials Say

Instead, Israel has agreed to focus its next attack on military targets in Iran, the officials said.

World - The New York Times - October 15

Google’s Deal to Develop Small Modular Reactors Is More Good News for the Nuclear Industry

The next-gen tech is expected to cut down on the cost of reactor development as big companies seek carbon-free power for AI.

Business - Inc. - October 15

Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors

Amazon is the latest large tech company to buy into nuclear power to fuel the growing demands from data centers.

Business - CNBC - October 16

Amazon goes nuclear, plans to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors

Amazon Web Services is investing over $500 million in nuclear power, announcing three projects from Virginia to Washington State.

Uranium and utilities stocks can soar even higher as Big Tech goes nuclear

Microsoft and other tech giants including Oracle, Amazon.com, Apple and Alphabet need more electricity to energize their AI future.

Business - MarketWatch - October 19

Putin says Zelenskyy's nuclear comments were a 'dangerous act of provocation' at meeting with BRICS group journalists

World - Yahoo News - October 19

WSJ Tech Live: Executives, Investors and Artists Debate AI's Potential

Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado says tech policy is in a ‘dangerous place.’

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 23

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits missile bases and cites U.S. nuclear threat

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited missile bases to examine their readiness to undertake actions of “strategic deterrence,” state media reported.

NextEra sees strong data center interest in restarting Iowa nuclear plant, CEO says

NextEra is conducting engineering assessments at Duane Arnold and is working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Business - CNBC - October 23

US power grid added battery equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors in past four years

Pace of growth helps maintain renewable energy when weather conditions interfere with wind and solar. Faced with worsening climate -driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

Two Israeli officials say Israeli strikes on Iran are not targeting nuclear or oil facilities

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Israel's first open attack on Iran targets missile sites and apparently spares oil and nuclear ones

Israel has attacked Iran with pre-dawn airstrikes in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier this month

World - ABC News - 5 days ago

Czech power company CEZ signs deal with Britain's Rolls-Royce SMR to build modular nuclear reactors

The Czech power company CEZ has signed a deal with Britain’s Rolls-Royce SMR to form a strategic partnership to develop and deploy small modular nuclear reactors

Tech - ABC News - 3 days ago

Japanese nuclear reactor which survived earthquake that badly damaged Fukushima power plant restarts

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant has been restarted after a safety upgrade, as the ...