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Some 200 countries agreed to adopt the Glasgow Climate Pact on 13 November after more than two weeks of intense negotiations at the COP26 meeting.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 19 November 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmixed-results-from-cop26-9260585
California's last nuclear plant, Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E’s) Diablo Canyon plant in San Luis Obispo County, will close in 2025, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said on 11 January. The CPUC's five commissioners unanimously approved a revised version of the joint proposal for Diablo Canyon's closure that was put forward by PG&E together with labour and environmental organisations.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscalifornia-to-close-its-last-nuclear-plant-6028909
In a letter to California governor Edmund Brown, a group of climate scientists have urged him to ask the California Public Utility Commission to delay consideration of any proposal to close the two-unit Diablo Canyon NPP. They say there are “serious questions” about whether the planned closure is good for ratepayers, the environment and the climate and say any decision should only be taken after the legislature and the public openly debate how California can most quickly and cost-effectively stop damage to the climate from electrical system emissions. Utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) earlier agreed in a joint proposal with Friends of the Earth, the Natural Resources Defence Council, the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility and other groups to close the station in 2025, after its current operating licences expire in November 2024 and August 2025. The Diablo Canyon units began commercial operation in 1985 and 1986.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-scientists-press-for-rethink-on-diablo-canyon-closure-4986071
The proposed 2015 budget for the US Department of Energy, of $27.9 billion, includes $863 million for nuclear energy R&D and SMR licensing technical support, compared to $1.6 billion for nuclear nonproliferation activities and $8.3 billion for nuclear weapons activities.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 06 March 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsdoe-proposes-killing-heu-mox-downblending-programme-in-2015-budget-request-4191196
A formal complaint about subsidies for nuclear power has been sent to the European Commission by lawyers acting for the UK based Energy Fair group, with several other environmental groups and environmentalists. If it is upheld, it unlikely that any new nuclear power stations will be built in the UK or elsewhere in the EU. The complaint may be followed by legal action in the courts or actions by politicians to reduce or remove subsidies for nuclear power.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 30 January 2012
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgreen-groups-challenge-uk-nuclear-subsidies-721