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On Jan. 9, BlackRock Inc.—a global investment firm that manages nearly $7 trillion dollars in assets—joined an investment pact focused on reducing carbon emissions, Climate Action 100+. With BlackRock’s commitment, Climate Action 100+ represents more than $41 trillion dollars in investments. That’s a lot of capital and another influential name committed to protecting the climate.

2019 was a big year for nuclear energy, from significant bipartisan support for nuclear innovation, to state policy actions, to Congress funding nuclear energy programs at historic levels. Before 2020 gets old enough for us to forget our New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a look at the top stories you read and shared the most in 2019.

In 2020, we can expect to see a great deal of attention on policy proposals to reduce carbon emissions. States and utilities have already begun to map out where we need to go and including nuclear as part of the solution will help to get us there.

Melanie Nakagawa, head of climate initiative at investment firm Princeville Capital, joins Monica Trauzzi at Shilling Canning Company in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood in this episode of “Off the Menu.”

If the world is going to reach net zero, nuclear power reactors must be in the picture. Clean, reliable, affordable nuclear makes an excellent partner to wind turbines, solar panels, and energy storage.

Nuclear energy companies that export their technology abroad just achieved a major win with the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank for seven years. Congress approved the authorization as part of H.R. 1865, the Consolidated Domestic and International Assistance Bill of 2020.

Congress voted to approve appropriations for fiscal year 2020 that includes $1.5 billion for nuclear energy programs, a 12.5 percent increase from the previous year.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a decision that hampers the ability of states in the PJM region to protect carbon-free power generation within their borders.

There’s a dispute going on now in the energy sector where it seems like the parties have no names, only letters. Ditto for the thing they’re fighting over: FERC can’t figure out how to handle PJM’s beef over ZECs.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved staff recommendations for emergency planning for advanced reactors that embrace modernization.

Last month, the Los Alamos National Laboratory became the first national lab to join Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy, seeking to break down barriers in nuclear policy.

The Senate has voted today to confirm Dan Brouillette as the U.S. Secretary of Energy and this is a statement from Maria Korsnick, president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute.