Recent controversies over sprawling energy development have triggered a slate of bills to empower voters and communities in state-level energy ambitions.

The Trump administration will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on storing nuclear waste in return for ...

In Campbell County, Wyoming, commissioners have delayed a decision on nuclear waste storage amid strong public opposition. As County17 reported, the draft resolution proposed would prevent the storage ...

Experts want the responsibility for permanent disposal of nuclear waste in the hands of a nonprofit or similar corporate entity. Which is a nice way of saying the ...

WEST ODESSA, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared a significant hurdle in a long-stalled plan to temporarily store high-level nuclear waste in Andrews County, Texas, and Lea County, New Mexico — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering of Holtec International’s proposed nuclear waste storage site, which the company announced this week won’t happen in ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution. The justices, ...

The 2026 legislative season is ramping up, and Utah lawmakers are fully embracing the nuclear industry while Wyoming ...

A place to perhaps store at least some of the 3.55 million pounds of waste sitting at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station remains in play after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court — but plenty of ...

Spent nuclear fuel remains highly radioactive for thousands of years and can be very dangerous if not properly handled and maintained.[3] The issue of how and where to store this waste has been hotly ...

Lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities. It would be the ...

Heavy earth moving equipment clear soft caliche from the proposed federal waste disposal facility at Waste Control Specialists, a nuclear waste facility on the Texas/New Mexico border. Tom Fox / The ...