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2 weeks ago | 
insideclimatenews.org | Carrie Klein
The Army Corps of Engineers, citing a recent national energy emergency order by President Trump, has expedited a permit review for a new miles-long section of an oil and gas pipeline that would bore deep into protected wetlands bordering Canada and the United States.
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2 weeks ago | 
ecotopical.com | Carrie Klein
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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3 weeks ago | 
technologyreview.com | Carrie Klein
“I thought, ‘That’s interesting—we need heat,’” Goodman says of Bathhouse. Mining facilities typically use fans or water to cool their computers. And pools of water, of course, are a prominent feature of the spa. It takes six miners, each roughly the size of an Xbox One console, to maintain a hot tub at 104 °F. At Bathhouse’s Williamsburg location, miners hum away quietly inside two large tanks, tucked in a storage closet among liquor bottles and teas.
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1 month ago | 
insideclimatenews.org | Carrie Klein
Michigan could soon host the United States’ first commercial small modular nuclear reactors—essentially mini nuclear plants with simpler and more compact designs that proponents say could shorten construction timelines and cut costs. Two SMRs are set to begin operations in 2030 in Covert Township, on Lake Michigan about 36 miles north of the Indiana border.
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1 month ago | 
ecotopical.com | Carrie Klein
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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2 months ago | 
insideclimatenews.org | Carrie Klein
Before the Palisades nuclear plant powered on in 1971, cancer death rates in Van Buren County, Michigan, were comfortably below the national average. But over the past two decades, rates in the area have risen to more than 13 percent above the national average, compared to 8 percent below it when Palisades began operating, according to a report analyzing Center for Disease Control data.
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2 months ago | 
greatlakesnow.org | Carrie Klein
February 19, 2025 By Carrie Klein, Inside Climate NewsThis article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Michigan’s Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is one step closer to becoming the first nuclear power plant in the United States to reopen.
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2 months ago | 
insideclimatenews.org | Carrie Klein
Michigan’s Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is one step closer to becoming the first nuclear power plant in the United States to reopen. After closing in 2022, the company that was set to decommission the plant has changed course, aided by a $1.5 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to restart operations.
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2 months ago | 
ecotopical.com | Carrie Klein
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
insideclimatenews.org | Carrie Klein
Near Jenkinsville, South Carolina, dirt roads lead to half-constructed nuclear reactors that have been sitting idle since 2017. The failed nuclear plant is one of the state’s most notorious energy undertakings—one that customers are still paying for today. Now, Santee Cooper wants to revive it.
