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Received — 9 July 2026 ⏭

U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Brad Plumer
3 July 2026 at 01:04
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”

© Audra Melton for The New York Times

The proposed rule changes could make it cheaper and easier to build and operate new nuclear power plants in the United States.

Gregg Phillips Leaving FEMA

✇NYT - Energy & Environment
By: Brad Plumer and Scott Dance
26 June 2026 at 18:20
Gregg Phillips was in charge of the emergency response agency’s largest division and had come under scrutiny for a series of bizarre claims.

© Al Drago/Getty Images

Gregg Phillips was appointed to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, with 1,000 employees and a budget of nearly $300 million.
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