Washington, April 22 (IANS) A Senate hearing on the US energy budget exposed deep partisan divisions, with officials backing fossil fuel support for reliability and critics accusing the administration of raising costs and cutting clean energy programmes.At the hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Energy Secretary Christopher Wright defended the administration’s strategy, saying the focus was on “delivering reliable, affordable and secure energy for the American peopl…
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Washington, March 20 (IANS) As electricity demand surges from artificial intelligence and industry, US lawmakers and officials are turning to nuclear energy with new urgency, framing it as central to economic strength and global power.At a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday, policymakers and industry leaders outlined an aggressive push to expand nuclear capacity, backed by President Donald Trump’s May 2025 executive orders to accelerate reactor deployment and reb…