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Food and Agriculture
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Dan Blaustein-Rejto
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Livestock Don’t Contribute 14.5% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The total is far less certain. But reducing their emissions is more important than ever Read more →

Energy and Climate
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Leigh Anne Lloveras
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Here Comes Fusion. Will the Regulators be Ready?
It depends. We have suggestions. Read more →
How to Make Alternative Proteins More Than a Fad
This year’s XPRIZE shows continued innovation may help alternative meats live up to the hype Read more →

Energy and Climate
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Leigh Anne Lloveras
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The NRC Comes Through on Diablo Canyon
The National Regulatory Commission's decision will allow the pivotal nuclear plant to keep operating Read more →

Energy and Climate
by
Leigh Anne Lloveras
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What the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Got Right at Vogtle 3
For once, the NRC delivered a timely and reasonable decision Read more →
Our Latest Press:
- Senators Bennet and Marshall Introduce AgARDA Reauthorization
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Bypasses its Own Regulations
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Evolves Environmental Review for Hermes Test Reactor, Yet Opportunities for Improvement Remain
- RELEASE: Letter from Breakthrough and Others Urges Congress to Invest in Public Agricultural Research in the 2023 Farm Bill
Our Latest Report:
Sins of a Solar Empire
Breakthrough Journal No. 18 / Fall 2022
The New Nuclear Explosion
If there is one certainty for the climate, it may well be the environmental benefits of nuclear power
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