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January 26, 2026

In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: U.S. moves to establish lunar outpost with nuclear reactor, Montana Supreme Court denies effort to strike emission laws, At a glance: Massachusetts

Plus: Randy Howard, Northern California Power Agency: Fix the forests, protect the grid

EnergyPlatform.News [[link removed]] With the launch of Artemis II next month, U.S. moves to establish lunar outpost with nuclear reactor [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are collaborating on a plan to develop a Moon-based nuclear reactor by 2030. The distant reactor would support an outpost and future missions, including a journey to Mars.

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Montana Supreme Court denies youth litigants' effort to strike down emissions laws [[link removed]]

In a back-and-forth volley of Montana’s environmental law, the state's Supreme Court denied a petition brought be a group of youths to invalidate three state laws. The petition claimed the laws violate the state Constitution’s “right to a clean and healthful environment.”

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At a glance: Massachusetts [[link removed]]

A snapshot of energy and environmental facts about the state of Massachusetts.

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Howard: Fix the forests, protect the grid [[link removed]]

Bruce Westerman’s Fix Our Forests Act (HR 471), which passed the House last January, provides a framework to move from reactive firefighting to proactive management. For utilities, three features of this bipartisan measure matter most.

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