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EnergyPlatform.News(letter)
March 17, 2025
In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: The resilience of coal in the global market; Growing focus on embracing nuclear, spent fuel storage; Report: data centers; energy to drive construction job growth; At a glance: Michigan
Plus: Romito: Do Not Europe (or California) My AI
The United States still exports a significant amount of coal, reaching a six-year high in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In fact, U.S. coal exports have been increasing since 2020, when they took a dip during the pandemic, and nearly 40% of U.S. coal exports move through the ports in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
The United States' growing hunger for energy, fueled in part by a coming artificial intelligence bloom, will boost the construction industry as new infrastructure is built, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics researchers said in recent analysis.
The effort to identify potential areas for spent nuclear fuel storage is gaining traction in multiple regions, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Idaho, New Mexico and Colorado, urning attention toward northwest Colorado, where storage could support economic opportunity and help transition toward a more sustainable energy economy.
A snapshot of energy and environmental facts about the state of Michigan.
The European Union consistently defaults to overregulation, and its approach to managing the AI world is no different. Worse, its energy policies exacerbate the challenges posed by overregulation. It is an ill-advised strategy, and one that unfortunately has found favor in California and threatens to spread further across the U.S.
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