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Trump White House Approves $1 Billion Loan To Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant

The Trump administration has approved a credit facility worth $1 billion for Constellation Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:CEG), according to the Wall Street Journal. The funds are designated to help reopen the Crane Clean Energy Center, the site famously known as Three Mile Island.

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US to maintain long-term energy cooperation with Europe, Secretary Wright tells Euronews

Speaking to Euronews, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright indicated Washington's willingness to have a long-term energy presence in Europe and highlighted Greece's role as a key hub.

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Worker shortage looms over new US nuclear power focus - Roll Call

An aging nuclear power workforce and shortage of qualified employees could pose a challenge to Trump's goals for a "nuclear renaissance."

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Trump’s nuclear weapons tests won’t include explosions ‘right now,’ official says

Energy Secretary says administration will tests nuclear weapons ‘systems’ without detonating devices — for now

The Independent UK

Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions

The Independent UK

Israel puts off signing $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, prompts US energy secretary to cancel visit

Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. counterpart Chris Wright to cancel a planned trip to Israel

The Independent UK

The U.S. just bet $1 billion that AI supercomputers can turn most cancers from ‘death sentences’ to ‘manageable conditions’ within 8 years

Chris Wright says the supercomputers will also allow the U.S. to “re-create the center of the sun on Earth” given how they benefit fusion energy research.

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Offshore wind projects feel brunt of Trump policy decisions - Roll Call

As Trump moves toward more energy-dense sources of power, the offshore wind industry has felt the impact most dramatically.

Roll Call

This 1 Little-Known Energy Stock Is Pivoting to Data Centers – and It’s Got Big Ties to Trump

Liberty Energy used to be run by Trump’s Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, and is now hopping on the data center boom.

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$Struggling frackers lean in on powering data centers to grab a slice of the AI pie amid crude oil slump$

Struggling frackers lean in on powering data centers to grab a slice of the AI pie amid crude oil slump

The CEO of the U.S. energy secretary’s fracking company said Trump’s tariffs are getting in the way of U.S. energy and AI dominance.

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This Trump-Linked Nuclear Startup Is Worth $17B — And Still Waiting For A License

It sounds like something out of Silicon Valley: no revenue, no operating license, no signed customers — and yet, Oklo Inc (NASDAQ:OKLO) is worth more than $17 billion.

Benzinga

US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports

US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economies

The Guardian - US

Nuclear security agency begins furloughing workers as part of shutdown, energy secretary says

Furloughs have begun at the federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile

The Independent UK

Nation’s nuclear weapon watchdog gutted to just 400 workers from nearly 2,000 as Trump shutdown layoffs hit agency

National Nuclear Security Administration is tasked with safeguarding U.S.’s nuclear stockpile. ‘These are not employees that you want to go home,’ one congressman said

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Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest

The Department of Energy says it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest power companies to upgrade nearly 5,000 miles of transmission lines across five states, mostly in the Midwest, for largely fossil fuel-run energy

The Guardian - US

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

Roll Call

EV and renewable companies brace for end of tax credits - Roll Call

The electric vehicle and renewable energy sectors are bracing for impact as tax credits that benefitted their products expire.

The Guardian - UK

Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election-winner?

In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change

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The White House Thinks Taking Partial Ownership of a Canadian Mining Company Will Reduce the National Debt

Trump's deal with a lithium mine in Nevada follows similar "creative deals" with Intel and U.S. Steel.

The Independent UK

From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America's nuclear arsenal through the end of the Cold War

The Guardian - US

US energy department cracks down on workers’ use of climate crisis language

Efficiency employees reportedly told to avoid ‘climate change’ and similar terms in their work in latest clampdown

Reason

Trump's $625 Million Coal Plan May Raise Utility Bills for Millions of Americans

One report found that forcing retiring coal plants to remain open could increase annual electricity costs by $3 billion through 2028.

Roll Call

EPA, Energy, Interior announce plans to support coal mining - Roll Call

The Trump administration's Monday announcement is the latest move in a government-wide effort to reverse the fuel’s decline.

The Guardian - US

Trump energy secretary to return billions set aside for green projects

Chris Wright attacks Joe Biden’s ‘Green New Scam agenda’ and says climate accords have not lowered emissions

Benzinga

Past Oklo Ties Put Trump's Energy Secretary Under Democratic Senator's Scrutiny: 'Wright Is Acting In...'

Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has raised concerns about the actions of U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and his alleged bias towards a nuclear power company, Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO).

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