UN
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Nuclear
Groups Say Nuclear Power Is Helping Achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals
Nuclear power contributes greatly to achieving each of the 17 United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a 24-page report produced through a collaborative effort by a handful of organizations with ties to the nuclear power industry says. Among the issues addressed in the document are how the nuclear industry helps in eliminating hunger, improving […]
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News
What Keeps Energy Leaders Up at Night? It’s More About Climate Change Than You May Think
This year, it seems hardly a week has gone by without a new report making us even more nervous about climate change. It’s as if the editorial theme for 2019 was: “It’s worse than you thought.” Maybe
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Legal & Regulatory
Coal-Dependent India Announces Lofty, Costly Climate Action Goals
India and 73 other countries submitted their carbon emission reduction targets for 2025 and 2030—or Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)—ahead of the deadline last week, with just two months remaining until talks to confront climate change are due to begin in Paris. The United Nations (UN) has so far received 120 separate pledges covering 147 […]
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Renewables
U.S. and China Agree to Increase Nationwide Carbon Reduction Targets
Reaching an unexpected climate breakthrough, the U.S. and China in a joint statement on Wednesday each announced new targets to slash carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. President Barack Obama set a new target to cut U.S. carbon emissions between 26% and 28% below 2005 levels by 2025. Chinese leader Xi Jinping, meanwhile, said his country […]