Nuclear Plants in South Carolina, Missouri Face the Highest Quake Risks October 22, 2020 By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON — The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone...
New S.C. Law Creates Resilience Office to Address Flooding October 15, 2020 By Michelle Liu COLUMBIA, S.C. — After five years filled with unprecedented flooding, South Carolina has now established an office to marshal the...
America’s Great Climate Exodus Is Starting in the Florida Keys September 20, 2019 By Prashant Gopal Lori Rittel is stuck in her Florida Keys home, living in the wreckage left by Hurricane Irma two years ago,...
Nuclear Industry Push for Reduced Oversight Gaining Traction July 19, 2019 By Ellen Knickmeyer WASHINGTON — Fewer mock commando raids to test nuclear power plants’ defenses against terrorist attacks. Fewer, smaller government inspections for...
Climate Advocates Cheer Trump Policy Shift on Flood Insurance March 18, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle About the photo: A member of a search and rescue team wades through floodwaters after Hurricane Florence in Carolina Beach,...
Nuclear Chief Says U.S. Plants Safer After Japan Tragedy; Watchdog Disagrees March 13, 2013 By Matthew Daly Two years after the nuclear crisis in Japan, the top U.S. regulator says American nuclear power plants are safer than...
U.S. Nuclear Plant Inspections Need to Improve March 12, 2013 More than one-third of U.S. nuclear power plants suffered safety-related incidents over the past three years, and nuclear regulators and...