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Upstate New York Communities Eye Nuclear Power

Gov. Kathy Hochul says a new nuclear power plant would help the state meet rising electricity demand. Residents are worried about the environmental and economic fallout.

By Lauren Dalban

Gov. Kathy Hochul makes an announcement at the Niagara Power Project on June 23, 2025, directing the New York Power Authority to construct an advanced nuclear power plant upstate. Credit: Darren McGee/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
Workers assemble a drill rod on a geothermal drilling rig in Krefeld, Germany. Credit: Roland Weihrauch/picture alliance via Getty Images

Despite Headwinds, One Climate Group Sees Opportunity Ahead for Clean Power

By Aidan Hughes

Tata Ash Chemicals, a trona production plant in southwest Wyoming, is betting on a bold energy shift: replacing its coal-fired power with a next-generation microreactor. Credit: Najifa Farhat/Inside Climate News

Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies

By Najifa Farhat

Rusty Towell, the founding director of Abilene Christian University's Nuclear Energy Experimental Testing, describes the workings of a molten salt testing device installed in the NEXT lab at Abilene Christian University. Credit: Ronald W. Erdrich/Abilene Reporter-News

Texas Wants to Be a Nuclear Power

By Dylan Baddour

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