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Nuclear Policy

Iran Plans 20% Uranium Enrichment 'As Soon As Possible'

The move comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. in the waning days of the administration of President Donald Trump, who unilaterally withdrew …

United States

Biden to Rescind Trump's Last-Minute Rulemaking

President-elect Joe Biden plans to act quickly upon taking office to block pending regulations issued by his predecessor and to rescind executive orders issued …

Biobattery

Trump Signs COVID-19 Relief, Tax Extenders Package

After a nearly week-long delay, President Trump on Dec. 27 signed a legislative package that includes tax extenders, $900 billion in COVID-19 relief and governm…

Nuclear Power Plant

White House Paves the Way for Nuclear Reactor on Moon by 2026

On December 16, outgoing President Donald Trump, as a parting shot, issued the “National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion”

Video: How The U.S. Fell Behind China In The Fight Against Climate Change

Ever since President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, China has played an increasingly large role in the international fight against climate ch…

Nuclear Power Plant

NASA Supports America's National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion

President Donald Trump has issued a new Space Policy Directive that will help propel NASA and humanity’s next giant leap – creating a sustainable presence on …

United States

U.S. Department of Energy to Support America's New National Space Policy

The Trump Administration announced the release of the National Space Policy, which advocates for developing and deploying nuclear power and propulsion systems o…

CNOOC

Trump to Add China's SMIC and CNOOC to Defense Blacklist

The list is also part of a broader effort by Washington to target what it sees as Beijing’s efforts to enlist corporations to harness emerging civilian technol…

Oil & Gas Trade

Trump Administration Holds Its Last Offshore Oil Auction

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is holding on Wednesday the last offshore lease sale for the year and the last such lease sale under the current U.…

United States

Trump Bans U.S. Investments in Companies Linked to Chinese Military

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled an executive order prohibiting U.S. investments in Chinese companies that Washington says are owned or controlled …

Coal Company

Trump's Coal Rescue was Doomed from the Beginning

Coal giant Peabody Energy emerged from a near-death trip through bankruptcy in April 2017, just in time to benefit from President Donald Trump's efforts to revi…

Oil & Gas Trade

OPEC Would Miss 'Friend Trump', Wary of Strains Under Biden

Biden could modify U.S. diplomatic relations with three members of OPEC - de facto leader Saudi Arabia, and sanctioned countries Iran and Venezuela, as well as …

United States

Trump Replaces Republican Head of Energy Regulatory Panel Who Supports Carbon Markets

President Donald Trump demoted Neil Chatterjee, the Republican head of an energy regulation panel, after he promoted the use of carbon markets by U.S. states to…

Paris Climate Agreement

The U.S. Officially Quits The Paris Climate Agreement

As of Wednesday, the United States has officially left the Paris Agreement, as U.S. President Donald Trump promised in 2017.

Crude Oil

US Election 2020: Tough Choices for Oil Industry

Presidential election presents two superficially distinct paths for the US oil and gas industry — four more years of "energy dominance" under President Donald …