by Valerie Chu | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — In a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Energy Department, Chris Wright, pledged to use science and data to inform his decisions on nuclear waste management, energy and innovation. “Energy is the...
by Clare Zhang | Feb 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to take away the Department of Energy’s authority over liquefied natural gas permits, effectively reversing the Biden administration’s pause on permit approvals that began last month. During the...
by Jorja Siemons | Jan 25, 2022 | Energy, Featured
WASHINGTON – Solar energy plays an integral part in transitioning American energy away from carbon emissions, experts said at a Department of Energy summit on Tuesday. “The only way to get out from under (climate change) is to build out clean energy, as much and as...
by Henry Rogers and Zinya Salfiti | Dec 8, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Recent research breakthroughs in nuclear fusion have sped up the timeline to bring the pollution-free energy source to the U.S. energy grid by decades, experts say, renewing interest among scientists and lawmakers in the technology’s potential...
