nuclear-news

Opinion:

¶ Trump is on the losing side of history on coal, climate change • Trump’s executive order does not fundamentally change the economics of power production. The natural gas boom, fueled by fracking, is a huge factor. But renewable power has surged. There for every job in US coal mines, there are almost 10 in renewable-energy. [Corpus Christi Caller-Times]

250-ton coal truck (Photo: Matthew Brown, AP)

¶ Why business is greener than Trump • Since Trump’s election, nearly 900 companies and investors have signed an open letter, “Business Backs Low Carbon,” calling on the administration not to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement. These companies believe that failure to build a low-carbon economy would hurt America’s prosperity. [Gulf Times]

Science and Technology:

¶ A team of researchers from Kaneko, a company operating in Japan, has recently announced breaking the efficiency record of solar panels…