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Why Data Centers and Nuclear Plants Can’t Just ‘Go It Alone’

Union of Concerned Scientists

This demonstration of the connections between people and systems, and the need for collective solutions to complicated problems, came to mind when I read about an idea for a different real estate host technology: nuclear power plant owners seeking to bring large data centers to co-locate on their land. Modernize, or bypass, the grid?

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Ontario’s So-Called Affordable Energy Act Will Leave Ontarians in the Dark About Energy Decisions and Costs

Enviromental Defense

By concentrating this much power in the hands of one office, the province’s energy planning will happen in backrooms, likely to the benefit of government insiders. The government’s choice to enshrine in law a prioritization of nuclear power is also troubling.

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Renewables not to blame for major Iberian power outage

A Greener Life

But last month, following an investigation, the Spanish government could unveil a different cause. An overvoltage on the grid had triggered a chain reaction, the government said in a statement. It had become a bit of a political football as the Spanish government scrambled to figure out the cause.

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Throne Speech Attempts Re-Brand of Failed Housing, Environmental and Energy Policies

Enviromental Defense

fracked gas and fossil gas plants or costly, slow-to-build nuclear power plants. ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE (environmentaldefence.ca): Environmental Defence is a leading Canadian advocacy organization that works with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities. aggression.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy Articles/NewsClips - 6.26.25

PA Environment Daily

Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171 -- Senate Confirms Jessica Shirley To Lead The Department Of Environmental Protection; Committee Questions On Environmental Justice, RESET Energy Board [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events (..)

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Analysis: IEA warns that the world is struggling to wean itself off coal

A Greener Life

The German example Germany, the economic and industrial powerhouse in Europe in 2023, decided, for ideological and emotional reasons, to wean itself off nuclear power , even though the low-carbon baseload energy source was key to stability and economic output. But this did not happen.

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CRES Academy Recap: Nuclear 101 

Cresforum

CRES Forum Vice President of Policy and Advocacy Christina Baworowsky then moderated a panel discussion with United Coalition for Advanced Nuclear Power (UCAN) Founding Partner Lucian Niemeyer, Constellation Energy Senior Vice President of Federal Government Affairs and Public Policy David C.