(Reuters) – California should extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to meet state climate goals, a report by academics and a consulting company said on Monday. The report by researchers at Stanford, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and LucidCatalyst, LLC said delaying closure of the plant to 2025 would reduce …
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(Bloomberg) — A U.S. government report coming out Tuesday may determine whether the Biden Administration decides to release crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Administration officials will likely be looking for a significant revisions to price forecasts and the balance of supply and demand from from last month’s Short Term Energy Outlook before making a …
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Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans on Monday repeated his view that the current surge in inflation is largely “temporary” and will fade as supply-side pressures get resolved, but he also sounded less convinced by that story than before. “I had expected to see more progress by now,” Evans said in remarks …
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Germany’s coronavirus infection rate has risen to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, public health figures showed on Monday, and doctors warned they will need to postpone scheduled operations in coming weeks to cope. The seven-day incidence rate – the number of people per 100,000 to be infected over the last week …
https://youtu.be/G8-8A0TCr6M LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has committed 210 million pounds ($283 million) to help Rolls-Royce build the country’s first small modular nuclear reactor, part of a drive to reach net zero carbon emissions. Hitting this goal by 2050 will require a huge increase in low-carbon power generation such as wind, solar and nuclear, but large-scale …
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Structural changes to the COVID-19 virus highlight the need to expand the research efforts. Five specific mutations are more prevalent in the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 compared to the Delta variant, according to the results of a new study published in the Journal of Autoimmunity. “Whether it is natural antibodies produced from previously having …
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“China has warned families to store food and other essentials in case of emergencies, as officials drastically tighten restrictions to control a small Covid-19 outbreak,” the Financial Times reports. “Beijing’s already harsh ‘zero Covid’ policies have grown even stricter as coronavirus cases climb in the country despite targeted lockdowns.” China food supply: How a warning …
Infections in Europe are returning to high levels as winter takes hold – prompting debate on whether curbs will need to be introduced in the lead-up to Christmas. Dr Edward Kelly. a former Director of Integrated Health Services at the WHO, says the success of vaccination programs means many people believe the threat of COVID …
Nov 8 (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 250 million on Monday as some countries in eastern Europe experience record outbreaks, even as the Delta variant surge eases and many countries resume trade and tourism. The daily average number of cases has fallen by 36% over the past three months, according to a Reuters analysis, …
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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned Sunday that Americans should expect to pay more to heat their homes this winter due to soaring gas prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. “This is going to happen. It will be more expensive this year than last year,” Granholm said on CNN’s State of the Union. “We are in …
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