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Newsom Plans New Climate Package to Advance Carbon Emission Reductions
Gov. Gavin Newsom is working with lawmakers on a legislative package that would set a carbon neutrality standard for California,...
Nuclear Watchdogs Focus on Diablo Decommissioning Radiation Levels
Updated July 28 Overshadowed by the debate over a possible extension of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant’s lifespan is...
NRC Meets on Diablo Decommissioning Despite Plant Re-licensing Efforts
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a controversial public hearing Thursday evening in San Luis Obispo on the decommissioning of the...
Budget Bill May Fund Diablo Nuclear Plant Extension, Raising Big Safety Issues
If the governor and lawmakers provide funding to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open beyond its planned 2025...
JUICE: A Diablo Nuclear Power Plant Extension Faces High Hurdles
Rumblings about extending the life of Pacific Gas & Electric’s aging Diablo Nuclear Power Plant past the date its federal...
Bill Aims to Move Nuclear Waste Stored at San Onofre
Proposed bipartisan federal legislation seeks to move high-level radioactive waste from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station to a...
CPUC Approves $4.5B for SONGS Decommissioning
Utility regulators rejected cost and safety concerns raised by ratepayer and nuclear safety advocates as they approved without comment a...
CPUC Advances $4B Settlement to Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
A $3.9 billion settlement between Pacific Gas & Electric, ratepayer advocates, nuclear watchdogs, and others to decommission the utility’s...
Shorts
The California Coastal Commission on a 10-0 vote approved Southern California Edison’s management plan for its radioactive waste stored at...
Shorts
Updated June 4 A coalition of alternative energy and clean air organizations urged the governor to convene a task force...
Smaller Nukes will Cut Carbon Pollution, House Panel Finds
Smaller, more advanced nuclear power plants were touted as part of the nation’s clean energy solution during a March 3...
The Diablo is in the Detail
East Bay Clean Energy and other community choice aggregators have touted themselves as being cleaner, greener and more customer-friendly than...
Group Seeks to Halt SONGS Decommissioning
Public Watchdogs filed suit Sept. 26 asking a federal judge to halt the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station decommissioning process....
The Buzz
The California Public Utilities Commission announces it's considering slapping penalties on PG&E for sparking huge wildfires in the fall of 2017....
Resolution of Spent Fuel Storage Remains Illusive
The U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee June 27 attempted again to break the stalemate on moving growing levels...
The Buzz
A House Energy panel zeros in on federal legislation and tactics to resolve the troubling issue of long-term storage of...
House Debates Nuclear Waste Bills
A House Energy & Commerce subcommittee June 13 debated how to restart the stalled effort to remove and consolidate stranded...
Inside The Beltway: Sparks Fly Over DOE Budget
Energy Secretary Rick Perry covered the water front of U.S. energy issues May 9 during a House Energy & Commerce...
Shorts
Snow depth and snow water equivalent is 200 percent of average, or 51 inches, at the Department of Water Resources' Sierra...
McNamee on Senate Hot Seat over Coal & Nuke Bailout Plan
President Donald Trump’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nominee from Texas faced heavy criticism for not agreeing to recuse himself from...