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January 8: Energy agency rejects Trump plan to prop up coal and nuclear power plants
The unexpected decision by the Republican-controlled body is a blow to the president’s high-profile mission to revive the struggling US coal industry
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/08/donald-trump-coal-industry-plan-rejected-rick-perry
June 1: Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal and nuclear plants in an effort to extend their life, a move that could represent an unprecedented intervention into U.S. energy markets.
The Energy Department would exercise emergency authority under a pair of federal laws to direct the operators to purchase electricity or electric generation capacity from at-risk facilities, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg News. The agency also is making plans to establish a "Strategic Electric Generation Reserve" with the aim of promoting the national defense and maximizing domestic energy supplies.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-01/trump-said-to-grant-lifeline-to-money-losing-coal-power-plants-jhv94ghl
July 1: Government, military officials in favor of Trump's nuclear bailout plan
https://www.toledoblade.com/Energy/2018/07/01/Government-military-officials-in-favor-of-Trump-s-nuclear-bailout-plan.html?abnpageversion=evoke
July 3: Trump order on coal, nuclear power could force Nebraska, Iowa utilities to raise rates
https://www.omaha.com/money/economic-issues/trump-order-on-coal-nuclear-power-could-force-nebraska-iowa/article_5f6f532d-e726-59d2-a9ff-f5b6e86a7344.html
July 5: Study: Trump coal and nuclear plan would boost pollution deaths
https://www.axios.com/coal-nuclear-power-plants-trump-administration-pollutants-carbon-emissions-5ad1e183-fe94-4a9b-a933-6359c931c6bf.html
August 3: Top Trump donor agreed to pay Michael Cohen $10M to promote nuclear power project
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/08/03/top-trump-donor-franklin-haney-michael-cohen/896982002/
August 10: Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts asked questions Friday about former Trump attorney Michael Cohen's lobbying of the Department of Energy, by which be sought to gain billions of dollars in financial assistance for a nuclear power plant on behalf of a Trump donor.
"The revelation raises disturbing questions about the integrity of the Department of Energy's loan approval process for funding nuclear power plant construction," the Massachusetts senator wrote in a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday night.
Markey, who chairs the Senate climate change task force, wants Perry to investigate a report in the Wall Street Journal that Trump donor Franklin L. Haney agreed to pay Cohen $10 million to assist in gaining government funding to finish construction of the delayed Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant in Alabama.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/ed-markey-wants-answers-on-ex-trump-lawyers-role-in-nuclear-power-plant
September 18: The Energy 202: Hurricane Florence blows hole in Trump team's case for helping coal and nuclear power, critics say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2018/09/18/the-energy-202-hurricane-florence-blows-hole-in-trump-team-s-case-for-helping-coal-and-nuclear-power-critics-say/5ba022621b326b47ec9596b9/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.845e96ff3f5a
October 1: Trump Signs Legislation to Promote Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology
The bill reinforces the administration’s efforts to revitalize the U.S. nuclear industry.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/trump-signs-legislation-to-promote-advanced-nuclear-technology#gs.ebVWBWs
October 3: Trump nominates coal, nuclear bailout supporter to U.S. power agency
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-energy-regulator/trump-nominates-coal-nuclear-bailout-supporter-to-u-s-power-agency-idUSKCN1MD2R9
October 12: Trump’s Latest China Salvo Could Hurt U.S. Nuke Industry
Administration says Beijing is diverting U.S. nuclear technology for military use.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/12/trumps-latest-china-salvo-could-hurt-u-s-nuke-industry/
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