A reactor of the US’s Constellation Energy Corporation headquartered in Baltimore (Photo: wikimedia commons)

The White House unveiled a big push Tuesday for new nuclear energy capacity, honoring a commitment made last year.

The move is likely to be one of the final pieces of ambitious energy transition policy that outgoing President Joe Biden can put in place before he departs in January.

The reelection of Trump, who has questioned the reality of climate change and pledged to withdraw Washington from the landmark Paris agreement, has rattled the ongoing COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan.

But US officials at the meeting in Baku have sought to reassure their counterparts that American climate action will not be disruptive.