Citing climate change and the need to cut carbon emissions, California is extending the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
in recent years as the climate crisis has worsened and governments increase efforts to cut climate-warming emissions. The Biden administration launched a $6 billion effort earlier this year aimed at keeping the country's aging nuclear plants running.
"Have no doubt, President Biden is serious about doing everything possible to get the U.S. to be powered by clean energy,"Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Kathryn Huff told attendees at a nuclear energy assembly in Washington, D.C., earlier this summer."Nuclear energy is really essential to this," she said.
Roughly one-fifth of the country's electricity comes from nuclear power plants. That's as much as all other clean energy sources combined. But nuclear power isn't without its warts.and billions of dollars spent, the U.S. still does not have a permanent storage site for its growing amount of nuclear waste.
Juliet Christian-Smith, a regional director at the Union of Concerned Scientists estimates an earthquake-induced accident could cause more than $100 billion in damages and 10,000 cancer deaths. "The bill ignores the plant's environmental impacts and vulnerability to earthquakes," she said."Safety cannot take a back seat in our quest to keep the lights on and reduce global warming emissions."Support for LAist comes from
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
California lawmakers extend the life of the state's last nuclear power plantCalifornia lawmakers voted to extend the life of Diablo Canyon, the state's last nuclear power plant and single-largest electricity source, which advocates hope will aid the state's ambitious clean energy plan.
Read more »
Elon Musk Outlines New Reasons to End Twitter Deal Citing Whistleblower – Featured Bitcoin NewsTesla CEO Elon Musk has outlined new reasons to terminate the $44 billion deal to buy Twitter in a new SEC filing, citing a whistleblower report. ElonMusk lawsuit
Read more »
Russia halts gas through major pipeline, citing maintenanceRussia’s Gazprom has halted the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe, a stoppage that it announced in advance and has said will last three days
Read more »
Elon Musk seeks to amend Twitter lawsuit, citing whistleblowerLawyers for Musk and Twitter traded barbed letters over how a whistleblower’s accusations of “egregious deficiencies” at the company will affect the soured sale and lawsuits that have ensued.
Read more »
Volunteer fire department in Dauphin County reopens, 4 months after shutdown over safety concernsHighspire's public safety director announced the closure in May, citing leadership and training issues.
Read more »