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Ryan Zinke says ‘yes’ to the biggest coal plant in the West

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Nuclear power, which is carbon-free, supplies 20 percent of the country's electricity. (iStock photo)
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Top Energy Department official hopes small reactors can help fading nuclear industry overcome ‘tipping point’

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Geothermal power plants are one of the few renewable energy resources, outside of hydroelectric dams, that can provide a constant source of 24-hour-a-day electricity without interruption, known as baseload power.
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Trump raises the thermostat for geothermal energy

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The utility groups signed a deal to work to create
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US, African energy groups form alliance amid Trump ‘shithole’ outrage

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More natural gas was taken out of storage to feed demand during the two-week polar freeze than ever before, the Energy Department said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Energy demand makes history during two-week deep freeze

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This Nov. 3, 2008 file photo shows one of Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif.
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California’s last nuclear plant to close

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During the latest cold snap, coal provided more than 40 percent of the electricity in the frozen East and Midwest, with nuclear the second-biggest power provider and natural gas number three. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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Trump administration plays up coal use during cold snap

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This 2010 photo shows part of the Pepco power generating station in Dickerson, Md., 30 miles north of Washington, D.C. Pepco Holdings, which provides electricity in the nation's capital and Maryland, announced discounts Tuesday for 296,000 and 770,000 residents respectively after the passage of the tax reform bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Trump’s tax cuts means cheaper energy bills for Washington area

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FERC said Energy Secretary Rick Perry's proposal to give incentives to coal and nuclear power plants was found to be unjustified after a thorough evaluation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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FERC kills Rick Perry’s grid proposal to subsidize coal, nuclear plants

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry worries that as retiring coal and nuclear plants, which operate around-the-clock, are replaced by natural gas and intermittent wind and solar, the grid may struggle to provide power quickly during an extreme weather event or other emergency. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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FERC expected to meet Rick Perry halfway on coal subsidies

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