Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid mercury, which is extremely toxic. Now, researchers ...

The EPA's 'biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history' will likely have longstanding consequences for Missouri's air quality ...

“The track record for this industry is abysmal,” said Taylor McKinnon, who is the southwest director of the environmental ...

To save a coastal wetlands, county officials worry Florida Power & Light is jeopardizing the ongoing clean-up of a saltwater ...

The state Senate will soon vote on a bill that would eliminate North Carolina’s 2030 carbon pollution reduction target. The ...

President Donald Trump’s environmental chief moved to revise Biden-era climate mandates curbing greenhouse gas pollution from the nation’s power plants.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown in ...

A bill moving through the North Carolina Senate would eliminate the 2030 carbon-cutting goal and expand utilities' ability to charge customers for power plants before they're built.

State Sen. Paul Newton introduced Senate Bill 261 on Tuesday with the gusto of a car salesman: “I’m here to offer you an ...

The fallout from the North Sea oil tanker collision on March 10 may have you reflecting on other significant man-made environmental disasters ...

The photovoltaic panels and batteries will provide twice as much energy as a conventional nuclear power plant ... on an ...

The Triad is on track to be home to North Carolina’s first new nuclear power plant in nearly four decades. Duke Energy plans ...