Nuclear industry takes new path for new plants. As the nation moves closer to breaking ground on its first nuclear plant in decades, industry executives want to avoid the problems of the past by getting the government to designate a handful of reactor designs, then let companies choose from that list. [News Source]

Nuclear industry takes new path for new plants. As the nation moves closer to breaking ground on its first nuclear plant in decades, industry executives want to avoid the problems of the past by getting the government to designate a handful of reactor designs, then let companies choose from that list. [News Source]

A tale of two coasts: The East roasts while the West shivers. People along the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego, who have shivered through an unusually cool summer, can be forgiven for being just a little bit jealous of residents of the East Coast, where warm temperature records have repeatedly been smashed this summer. [News Source]

A tale of two coasts: The East roasts while the West shivers. People along the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego, who have shivered through an unusually cool summer, can be forgiven for being just a little bit jealous of residents of the East Coast, where warm temperature records have repeatedly been smashed this summer. [News Source]

French Champagne makers try for greener bottle. The Champagne industry has embarked on a drive to cut the 200,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide it emits every year transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world. Producing and shipping accounts for nearly a third of Champagne’s carbon emissions, with the hefty bottle the biggest offender. [News Source]

French Champagne makers try for greener bottle. The Champagne industry has embarked on a drive to cut the 200,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide it emits every year transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world. Producing and shipping accounts for nearly a third of Champagne’s carbon emissions, with the hefty bottle the biggest offender. [News Source]

Doing green jobs right. Largely below the radar, a growing number of activists are scoring important victories at the regional level by combining serious coalition building, astute policy research and aggressive political action, paving the way in the process for a new New Deal in America. [News Source]

Doing green jobs right. Largely below the radar, a growing number of activists are scoring important victories at the regional level by combining serious coalition building, astute policy research and aggressive political action, paving the way in the process for a new New Deal in America. [News Source]

The changing climate for environmental legislation. Waiting might be the best strategy for energy and climate-change advocates stymied by political inaction. [News Source]

The changing climate for environmental legislation. Waiting might be the best strategy for energy and climate-change advocates stymied by political inaction. [News Source]

U.N. to study impact of incomplete climate action. The U.N. panel of climate scientists will look at the costs of "second best" ways of fighting global warming amid doubts that all countries will sign up to U.N.-led action, a leading expert said on Tuesday. [News Source]