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Planting the Seeds of a Distributed Nuclear Revolution
| by the Breakthrough Institute, the R Street Institute, and ClearPath
To Cut Nitrogen Pollution, Move Past the Synthetic-Organic Debate
There’s No Silver Bullet Solution

| by Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Kenton de Kirby, and Linus Blomqvist
Nature Wars
Introducing Issue 9 of the Breakthrough Journal

| by Ted Nordhaus and Emma Brush
Clean Energy Standards
How More States Can Become Climate Leaders
Using Technology to Address Climate Change
Oral Testimony to the House Science Committee

| by Ted Nordhaus
Breakthrough Welcomes 2018 Fellows
Scholars Join the Breakthrough Institute for the Summer
Ecomodernism 2018: Achieving Disagreement
September 30 - October 2, 2018 | Salamander Resort, Middleburg, VA
Breakthrough Dialogues: A Podcast for Pragmatists and Problem Solvers
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