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Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Matthew L. Wald
Three Not-So-Secret Secrets to Nuclear Siting
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Elizabeth McCarthy
The Litigation Hydra of Interim Final Rules
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
Six Things the Climate Movement Gets Wrong About China
Energy and Climate

by Lauren Teixeira
Do Renewables Lower Electricity Prices?
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Announces Opposition to Casey Means Nomination

Washington, DC — October 27, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute delivered a letter to Congressional leaders urging them…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt
Reboot NEPA
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein & Deric Tilson
Orderbooks and Firm Pricing
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Spencer Toohill
Guide to NRC Application Data Requirements for State Implementers
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on USDA Plan to Strengthen the U.S. Beef Industry

Washington, D.C. — October 22, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute welcomes today’s announcement from U.S. Secretary of…

Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt
Beware Zombie NEPA
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook & Seaver Wang
Mining Is Not What it Used to Be
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Burning the Breadbasket
RELEASE: Breakthrough Applauds International Union for Conservation of Nature on Approval of Biotechnology for Conservation

Berkeley, CA — October 15, 2025 — The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world's largest…

Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak & Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Food and Agriculture

by Ted Nordhaus
The Best Things in Life Are Free (For Everything Else, There’s Abundance)
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Yue "Joy" Jiang
What Can the U.S. Learn from Chinese Nuclear Deployment?
Energy and Climate

by Patrick Brown
24 Questions on Extreme Weather, Disasters, and Climate Change
Energy and Climate

by Deric Tilson
Blackout
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Quantitative Health Objectives in a Performance-based Regulation
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
It’s Time to Raise the Bar for Corporate Clean Energy Buying
Ecomodernism

by Alex Trembath
Rest In Primacy, Jane Goodall
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Big Agriculture Dodged a Bullet with the New MAHA Strategy
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Ted Nordhaus
Huzzah for Ho
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Spencer Toohill & Adam Stein
Making DOE's Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program Work
Energy and Climate

by Deric Tilson
Why the Grid Is Lagging Behind Demand
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak
Biotechnology Is a Powerful Tool for Conservation
RELEASE: Letter Responds to USDA Reorganization, Warns Against Diminished R&D Capacity

Washington, DC — September 29, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute submitted a letter in response to the proposed…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
MAHA: Making Agriculture Harder for All
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath
The SolarFix Is In
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus & Alex Trembath
Quiet Climate Policy Is Dead. Long Live All-of-the-Above Energy Policy.
RELEASE: Letter Calls On USDA to Leverage AGARDA for National Security Objectives

Washington, DC — September 15, 2025 — Last week, the Breakthrough Institute, joined by dozens of partners, delivered a…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Food and Agriculture

by Ted Nordhaus & Alex Smith
Why We Love Marx and Hate Environmentalists
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak
FDA Under Trump Should Continue Streamlining Regulations for New Plant Varieties
by Alex Trembath
Bottom-Up Abundance
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Matthew L. Wald & PJ Seel
Wasps Can Hurt You. A Radioactive Wasp Nest Can't.
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath
Snowmobile Abundance
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Ted Nordhaus
On Breaking Nuclear Things
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
The Solarmaxxing of Abundance and Its Critics
Energy and Climate

by Jessica Weinkle
A Climate-Related Financial Risk Boondoggle
Energy and Climate

by Matthew L. Wald
We're Losing the Transmission Wars
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Endorses Agricultural Soil Research Bill

Washington, DC — August 13, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute is pleased to support the Advancing Research on…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass & Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Why Trump Must Act Now to Secure Global Agricultural Leadership
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
Why I Stopped Being A Climate Catastrophist
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook
The Trump Administration Just Subsidized Chinese Steel
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath
Dangerous Finds
Food and Agriculture

by Benjamin Goren & Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Agricultural Research Needs a Farmer-First Focus
Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein & Spencer Toohill
Maximizing the Use of Available Weather Data to Accelerate Advanced Nuclear Deployment
Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein & Spencer Toohill
Advanced Nuclear Needs Modern Siting Regulations
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on the Resignation of NRC Commissioner Annie Caputo

WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2025 – Annie Caputo, a commissioner on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, announced her…

Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass & Emma Kovak
Can Sidestepping NEPA "Unleash Innovation" at USDA?
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath , Elizabeth McCarthy , Lauren Teixeira & more
The Procedural Hangover
Food and Agriculture

by Lauren Teixeira
Will Climate Change Really Take Away Our Breakfast?
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Briefs Congress on Critical Mineral Stockpiling, Releases Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier today, The Breakthrough Institute hosted Members of Congress and the media for a briefing on…

Energy and Climate

by Alex Smith
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook , Ryan Alimento , Seaver Wang & more
Taking Inventory of Critical Mineral Stockpiling
Nadine Zahiruddin
Food and Agriculture

by Ryan Alimento
Sub-Saharan Africa Can’t Afford to Eat on a Carbon Diet
Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein , Deric Tilson , Yue "Joy" Jiang & more
Accelerating Commercialization Through Incentivizing On-Time Nuclear (ACTION)
Energy and Climate

by PJ Seel & Adam Stein
Drawing the Line
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook
Fiscal Austerity for the U.S. Geological Survey Is a Critical Minerals Mistake
Food and Agriculture

by Ted Nordhaus , Alex Trembath & Alex Smith
Breakthrough Journal Is Now The Ecomodernist
Abundance 2025
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
President's Budget Jeopardizes American Biotech Leadership
Energy and Climate

by Matthew L. Wald
Iran's Nuclear Activities, Explained
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
State Power Without State Capacity
RELEASE: Letter Advises Senate Republicans to Prioritize Energy Affordability and Reliability by Maintaining Support of Innovative Technologies in Budget Reconciliation

Washington, DC, June 25, 2025 — As Congress weighs sweeping changes to federal energy policy through the FY2025 budget…

Energy and Climate

by David Hong & Seaver Wang
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang , Ryan Alimento & Alex Trembath
A Lifeline for Clean Firm Power
Energy and Climate

by Elizabeth McCarthy
Shifting the Cost of NEPA Reform
Erik Funkhouser
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus & Erik Funkhouser
The Wright Man for the Job
Food and Agriculture

by Benjamin Goren & Dan Blaustein-Rejto
How Trump Can Quietly Cut Global Livestock Emissions By Selling American Beef
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on the Termination of NRC Commissioner Christopher Hanson

WASHINGTON, DC, June 16 – On Friday, June 13th, 2025, President Donald Trump removed Christopher T. Hanson from his…

Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein
Energy and Climate

by Matthew L. Wald
To Cut Nuclear Costs, Cut Concrete
Energy and Climate

by Marc Levitt
The Widening Vacuum of NEPA Law
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Hires Marc Levitt, Former Senior Advisor to the EPA

We are pleased to announce that Marc Levitt has joined the Breakthrough Institute to lead our work to reform…

Energy and Climate

by Alex Smith
Energy and Climate

by Lauren Teixeira
How California Regulated Itself Into an Energy Crisis
Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein , Spencer Toohill & Matthew L. Wald
Clarifying the Limits of Regulatory Authority Under the Clean Air Act
Energy and Climate

by PJ Seel & Adam Stein
How To Regulate Radiation Exposure
Energy and Climate
Marc Levitt
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak
Trump Has an Opportunity to Modernize Agricultural Biotechnology Regulations
Energy and Climate

by Ryan Alimento & Seaver Wang
Sub-Saharan Africa Needs Fossil Fuels to Process Its Critical Minerals
RELEASE: Letter Advises Trump Administration to Develop Improved Agricultural Biotech Regulations

Washington, DC — May 30, 2025 — In a recent letter to key officials, the Breakthrough Institute argues that the U.S.…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass & Emma Kovak
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
After the Green Vortex
Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein , Yue "Joy" Jiang , Spencer Toohill & more
Can Trump Expedite a Nuclear Renaissance
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Mythbusting MAHA: A Reality Check on Glyphosate
RELEASE: Four Nuclear Executive Orders Signed, and There is a Long Way to Go

WASHINGTON, DC, May 23 – Earlier today, President Trump signed four executive orders that pave the way for the United…

Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak
SECURE Rule Vacature Creates Opportunity for USDA to Develop Improved Product- and Risk-Based Agricultural Biotechnology Regulations
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook & Seaver Wang
If Every Mineral Is Critical Then None Are
by Adam Stein & Matthew L. Wald
Seven More Things You Thought You Knew About Nuclear Energy
Energy and Climate

by Adam Stein & Deric Tilson
Does Nuclear Energy Need the IRA Credits?
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath , Seaver Wang & Ryan Alimento
Saving Money Without Undercutting Energy Dominance
Food and Agriculture

by Ted Nordhaus
Don’t Set Your Money On Fire
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Biofuel Policy Is Failing Consumers and the Climate
Energy and Climate

by Spencer Toohill , Yue "Joy" Jiang & Deric Tilson
Environmental Reviews Should Empower Nuclear Energy, Not Stall It
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang & Alex Trembath
It’s Okay to Notice When Solar and Wind Fail
Conservation

by Alex Trembath
The Case for the Dire Wolf
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
An “America First” Challenge Over Seafloor Minerals

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