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How a Plan to Save the Power System Disappeared

August 30, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A federal lab found a way to modernize the grid, reduce reliance on coal, and save consumers billions. Then Trump appointees blocked it. The Atlantic Story by Peter Fairley

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, Politics, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: 2018, Aaron Bloom, Alex Fitzsimmons, carbon policy, carbon pricing, Catherine “Katie” Jereza, Cathy Tripodi, Charles Koch, climate change, climate change deniers, coal, coal-industry, DOE, Interconnections Seam Study, Jereza, Joshua Novacheck, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, Paris climate-change agreement, power grids, power plants, Power System, Rick Perry, Seams, Secretary of Energy, The Grid, Tom Sloan, Tripodi, Trump administration, U.S. Department of Energy

Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Makes Progress, But Questions Loom

February 5, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

IEEE Spectrum, in its ongoing reporting on the Hanford cleanup project, gives us an update on the vitrification process and some questions concerning the classification of hazardous waste. Read the article here: Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Makes Progress, But Questions Loom

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science Tagged: Bechtel National, Columbia River, DOE, glassifying, grout, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Hanford Vit Plant, landfill, nuclear waste, Office of River Protection, plutonium, reclassify, U.S. Department of Energy, vitrification, Washington State, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

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