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Sam Mintz, E&E News reporter
Rumors of a planned federal policy intervention have created new fissures among the nuclear industry and its backers, which are torn between a desperate need for financial support for plants and an uneasiness about again being lumped together with coal.
Then-Administrator Scott Pruitt quoted an Old Testament prophet last fall when he ordered EPA's science advisers to choose between agency grants or their advisory posts. But EPA hasn't followed up with the same zeal in enforcing the directive across 22 advisory panels, according to interviews and email exchanges.
By Sean Reilly in Greenwire
Coal has long been the fuel of choice in the Midwest. But two utility announcements this week highlight the change underfoot in the heartland.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
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Then-Administrator Scott Pruitt quoted an Old Testament prophet last fall when he ordered EPA's science advisers to choose between agency grants or their advisory posts. But EPA hasn't followed up with the same zeal in enforcing the directive across 22 advisory panels, according to interviews and email exchanges.
By Sean Reilly in Greenwire
Coal has long been the fuel of choice in the Midwest. But two utility announcements this week highlight the change underfoot in the heartland.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire