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NUCLEAR

• The U.S. Department of Energy will put up a $1 billion loan to help get the shuttered nuclear power plant on Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island up and running again. (Associated Press)

• Holtec and Hi-Tech Solutions partner with Utah on a proposed hub for small modular nuclear reactor manufacturing, workforce training, and power generation in Brigham City. (Utah News Dispatch)

• Anti-nuclear-power groups file a federal lawsuit to halt the restart of the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, arguing that the proposal should not have been permitted after the owner planned to permanently close the facility. (Bridge Michigan)

CLIMATE

• President Donald Trump’s fossil-fuel-expansion agenda will throttle emissions cuts and drive more than 1 million additional temperature-related deaths each year around the globe, a new analysis finds. (ProPublica/​The Guardian)

• Dozens of countries call for creating a road map for phasing out fossil fuels at COP30 climate talks. (Politico)

FOSSIL FUELS

• The DOE issues a third order requiring Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant to stay open for another 90 days. (news release)

• Environmental groups sue the Trump administration to block its upcoming oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. (Reuters)

• Virginia’s natural-gas industry sees an opening with Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger’s victory after she campaigned on energy prices and didn’t take a stand against gas, although she declined to comment directly, and opponents question the fuel’s affordability. (E&E News)

• The new president of the United Mine Workers of America expresses skepticism about the Trump administration’s executive orders to increase coal production while weakening worker protections and funding for emissions reductions. (NPR)

GRID

• Residents and municipalities across the U.S. move to place local ordinances on data centers because state lawmakers haven’t done so — and in some cases are rushing to accelerate their development. (Stateline)

RENEWABLES

• Supporters of developing more public renewable power in New York City hope Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will prove to be an influential ally in the fight to advance the idea. (Grist)

AFFORDABILITY

• Leadership in the Massachusetts State House delays action on a widely opposed bill that aims to lower energy costs by softening climate targets and slashing energy-efficiency spending. (CommonWealth Beacon)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Global sales of internal-combustion cars have fallen 30% since a peak in 2017, with hybrid and battery-electric vehicles making up a growing share of the market. (IEA)

• Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe tells Georgia business leaders the electric vehicle industry will overcome a hostile federal government and hesitancy by other automakers to benefit the states where it’s taking root. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

SOLAR

• Convenience-store operator Arko partners with Apollo Power to install solar at 300 of its shops. (Utility Dive)

GEOTHERMAL

• Analysts say an experimental enhanced geothermal plant under development on an Oregon volcano could open the door to widespread use of the technology if it is successful. (Washington Post)