Circle of Blue
JULY 25, 2025
Around 2014, though, the pace of drying appears to have accelerated, the authors found, and is now growing by an area twice the size of California each year. Note: Data is for February 2003 to December 2013 and January 2014 to April 2024. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 16, 2025
March was also the first month in history in which non-fossil resources (renewable energy and nuclear power) supplied more than half of US electricity. So much momentum. Changing winds So… about that momentum. An appreciation of all the recent progress with clean energy has to be viewed in the context of 2025’s reality.
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Scientific American
AUGUST 5, 2025
NASA Lunar nights are very long—two Earth weeks—and perilously cold, making nuclear power desirable for surface operations. A nuclear reactor placed on the lunar surface, therefore, could allow the declaration of what Duffy’s directive calls a “keep-out zone.”
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Cooperation between Russia and China on fast breeder reactors Civilian nuclear agreements and cooperation between countries are not uncommon, especially between nuclear supplier countries and those looking to expand and develop nuclear power programs. U-235) for China’s CEFR.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 4, 2023
The PA Coal Alliance said, “In February of 2014, during a cold snap, PJM found that 23% of total generator outages were due to interruptions of natural gas supply, and in January of 2018, during the polar vortex, half of the total PJM natural gas capacity was not available to supply peak demand.” Read more here. And this isn’t a new problem.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
It’s been one year since Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine, the first being in 2014 when they quickly seized control of Crimea. Those initial days and weeks after the 2022 invasion were filled with worry and anxiety about the increased risk of nuclear war. As long as the war rages, the danger is elevated.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
A 2022 Astrape Consulting study that used probabilistic methods to account for the risks of correlated power plants outages found a capacity credit for gas (in PJM South) of 76 percent in winter and 85 percent in summer.
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