The application cycle for the first round of credits will soon open. Treasury’s additional guidance clarifies what types of facilities may qualify for credits, the submission process and the selection criteria for evaluating...more
6/21/2023
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed rule amendments requiring climate disclosures by public companies.
The SEC’s new climate disclosure rule will require all companies to report Scope 1 and Scope 2...more
3/28/2022
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Financial Statements ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Nuclear Power ,
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Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Renewable Energy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainable Finance ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
On August 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) by a bipartisan vote of 69–30. In addition to funding for roads and bridges, the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package establishes a...more
UK Government begins consultation process on a comprehensive plan to achieve a low-carbon hydrogen economy.
While over 30 countries have announced hydrogen roadmaps, the UK Hydrogen Strategy is unique in that it sets out...more
On 9 August 2021 the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency published a Consultation on proposed merchant shipping regulations for nuclear ships.
The proposed regulations cover commercial ships with nuclear propulsion systems....more
In an important step furthering recent commitments to modernize its environmental review process, the NRC has requested input on its plan to update and expand the field of categorical exclusions in its regulations...more
President-elect Joe Biden announced an ambitious clean energy plan designed to counteract the impacts of climate change and reverse policies from the last four years of the Trump Administration.
With action promised on Day...more
On July 15, 2020, the White House Council on Environmental Quality implemented sweeping amendments to modernize and streamline NEPA environmental reviews.
These amendments stand to have a trickle-down effect on the nuclear...more
7/22/2020
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National Environmental Policies ,
NEPA ,
Nuclear Power ,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
DOE issued an interpretive rule asserting the power to unilaterally reclassify high-level radioactive waste from Cold War-era reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel for nuclear weapons.
DOE issued an interpretive rule...more
On Friday, March 3, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made the much-anticipated announcement of its upcoming staff-led technical conference on wholesale energy and capacity markets.
The conference...more
3/13/2017
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Power Plants ,
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Trump Administration