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Everett Sloane

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Natural gas and nuclear now dominate the US power plant queue at 55% of proposed capacity

TerraPower’s NRC construction permit arrived 9 months early — the fastest nuclear approval in a generation

Commonwealth Fusion applies to connect to a US power grid — a first for any fusion company in history

Hawaii issues ashfall advisory through tonight as Kilauea’s north vent shoots lava higher than a 60-story building

Guatemala’s Santa Maria volcano hurls ash 100 km downwind as Fuego fires off explosions nearby

Nearly 1.75 million acres already burned in the US this year — 200% of the 10-year average

Severe storms target Arkansas and western Tennessee Tuesday with 60-knot shear supporting strong tornadoes

62% of the United States now sits in drought as 2026 wildfire season is forecast to burn 5.5 to 8 million acres

Georgia’s Pineland Road Fire hits 32,575 acres at 50% containment — state’s worst wildfire season on record

Severe storms reload across Arkansas and Tennessee tomorrow with strong tornadoes possible

Georgia’s worst wildfire season in history burns 55,000 acres as 62% of the US sits in drought

California’s batteries just discharged 12,000 megawatts at once — the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants

Mayon Volcano blankets Philippine towns in total darkness as 200,000 flee pyroclastic flows

5 US regions face controlled blackout risk this summer as transformer prices quadruple and demand surges

US delivers the final 135-ton magnet module for the world’s largest fusion reactor at ITER in France

General Fusion’s fuel cycle passes third-party review at Savannah River National Lab

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