Headline News:

• “Trump EPA: Value Of Human Life Is $0” • CleanTechnica’s Zachary Shahan: “As I was reading through the Sierra Club’s response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last night, one line really jumped out at me, that the US EPA under Donald Trump has ‘set the value of a human life to zero when conducting cost-benefit analyses.'” [CleanTechnica]

Life has no value? ? You kidding? (frank mckenna, Unsplash)

• “Fuel Supply Gap Could Hold Back The US Nuclear Energy Renaissance” • Soaring demand for power generation, the US goal of quadrupling nuclear electricity generation by 2050, and a looming ban on Russian nuclear fuel imports could create a bottleneck in the nuclear fuel supply chain, according to US enrichment company Centrus Energy. [OilPrice.com]
• “How Climate Change Is Impacting Drinking Water In The US” • A study that appeared in Communications Earth & Environment shows that climate change is making access to drinkable water more difficult in the US. Hazards intensified by climate change, like drought and flooding, threaten both the quantity and quality of drinking water. [ABC News]
• “How Human-Made Climate Change ‘Intensified’ Europe’s Winter Downpours” • Analysis by World Weather Attribution looked at the likelihood and intensity of the heaviest rainfall events that most severely impacted areas in Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. The report found a “clear increase” in the intensity of the most extreme one-day rainfall events. [Euronews]
• “House Passes Bills That Would Worsen Energy Affordability And Reliability” • House Republicans passed HR 4626, the so-called Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act, and HR 4758, nominally the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act. They would reduce efficiency standards and incentives, adding to costs for consumers. [CleanTechnica]

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