Barrasso’s Carbon-Free Nuclear Bill Sets Up Senate Vote For Next Year

The Senate is not expected to vote until next year on outgoing environment committee Chairman John Barrasso’s (R-WY) bill to promote nuclear power as a carbon-free energy source, a debate that is expected to highlight the Biden administration’s challenge in pushing for nuclear power as part of its climate strategy given Democratic divisions and the difficulty of addressing nuclear waste. “It’s not impossible that [S. 4897] could get a vote as part of an omnibus” funding bill that lawmakers are...