The Breakthrough Blog

There is a cold drizzle outside all day in Glasgow, but inside the convention center, the COP26 negotiations are hot and hectic. Political celebrities like Nancy Pelosi and AOC stroll down… Read more →

In August 2020, NuScale Power reached a significant milestone, becoming one of the first developers to receive a design approval for its small modular reactor (SMR) from the Nuclear… Read more →

Last week the Supreme Court announced that it would hear an appeal to the DC Circuit Court’s rejection of the Trump Administration’s constitutional argument that the US Environmental… Read more →

The most recent version of the Build Back Better Act, the result of months of negotiations that are still ongoing, includes $2 billion in new spending for agricultural research, research… Read more →

It's a risky climate bet, but it's one of many worth taking. Read more →

This week, I had the privilege of introducing a webinar that Breakthrough hosted with Third Way entitled Forging Near-Term Pathways for Licensing Advanced Reactors — about the current state… Read more →

The new World Energy Outlook 2021 from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows how the world is making progress on clean energy and emissions and provides further evidence that very… Read more →

Thursday, September 23rd marked the first day of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) which convened government leaders, producers, civil society, and private sector leaders… Read more →

On September 23, the UN Secretary-General will convene the 6th ever Food System Summit, representing an opportunity to engage countries around the world to advance “game-changing” solutions… Read more →

Here’s a breakdown of how the $7.75 billion would be spent. Read more →

We lay out how they might start being put into practice. Read more →

Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Embraces Breakthrough’s Quiet Climate Policy Priorities Read more →

I haven’t always been a fan of the idea that history can provide “lessons” for the future. Analogy, as my high school history teacher often thundered, “is not analysis.” But every so often,… Read more →

This month, a few dozen progressive climate groups again raised strident objections to Congress and the Biden administration’s foreign policy approach towards China. In their letter,… Read more →

BTI's Ted Nordhaus responds to Ezra Klein's "It Seems Odd That We Would Just Let the World Burn." Read more →

Last month, the US Senate passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act, a bipartisan but misguided effort to mitigate climate change. The bill would make it easier for farmers, ranchers, and… Read more →

Since early January, Breakthrough’s agriculture team has been busy developing and submitting appropriations requests and discussing those requests with stakeholders, environmental and… Read more →