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Nuclear company TerraPower broke ground Monday on its commercial power plant, located near a soon-to-be-retired coal power plant in Kemmerer,… Read More

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May 30, 2024, 1:45 PM

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Apr 29, 2024, 12:00 PM

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Apr 26, 2024, 12:00 PM

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Apr 25, 2024, 12:00 PM

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Apr 24, 2024, 9:52 AM

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Apr 18, 2024, 9:08 AM

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Apr 17, 2024, 10:54 AM

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More than 100 companies, tribal groups, union organizations, environmental nonprofits and political groups are backing a campaign to defeat a… Read More

Apr 11, 2024, 8:16 PM

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Bill Gates grabbed a wheelbarrow and shovel on Wednesday to fill a parking lot pothole with a new carbon trapping… Read More

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Apr 10, 2024, 7:04 AM

This energy startup wants to make utility data more accessible — and spur creation of new companies

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Mar 29, 2024, 10:24 AM

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University students from the Pacific Northwest on Thursday competed in the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge in Seattle, pitching their… Read More

Mar 28, 2024, 12:43 PM

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While the reality of affordable fusion energy is still an atom-smashing twinkle in physicists’ eyes, the state of Washington is… Read More

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Dozens of environmental activists this morning blocked the entrances at Amazon’s Day 1 building at its Seattle headquarters. A Washington-based… Read More

Mar 21, 2024, 3:16 PM

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As Amazon founder Jeff Bezos funnels $60 million into support for alternative meats, Rebellyous Foods founder Christie Lagally has some… Read More

Mar 14, 2024, 9:21 AM

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Inside TerraPower’s cavernous 65,000 square-foot laboratory north of Seattle, there’s a suite of stations for experimenting with new materials and… Read More

Mar 8, 2024, 7:39 AM

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Feb 29, 2024, 4:36 PM

Clean energy and power grid projects in Washington land federal and state funding

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