Articles about Congress

• RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Celebrates Progress on Bipartisan Permitting Reform

  Washington, D.C., September 29, 2026 — The Breakthrough Institute celebrates the progress Senators Shelley Moore Capito…

  Environmental Regulatory Reform

  

  by Alex Trembath
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  • Nuclear Energy Innovation
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    by Adam Stein

  America Chose Its Nuclear Waste Site on a Guess About Cost, not Safety
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  • Energy and Climate
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    by Peter Cook & Seaver Wang

  Does Congress Even Have a Critical Minerals Strategy?
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  • Energy and Climate
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    by Fred Stafford

  The Public Power Anchor
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  • Food and Agriculture
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    by Emily Bass

  U.S. Wildfire Mitigation Funding Hit New Highs in 2024, Now What?
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  • Food and Agriculture
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    by Emily Bass

  Global Shifts in Plant Biotech Regulations
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  • Environmental Regulatory Reform
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    by Marc Levitt & Elizabeth McCarthy

  Modernizing Preservation
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  • Environmental Regulatory Reform
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    by Elizabeth McCarthy

  Everything Is Becoming Historic
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  • Nuclear Energy Innovation
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    by PJ Seel

  Allowing Foreign Ownership of Nuclear Generation Is a Net Positive
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  • Environmental Regulatory Reform
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    by Marc Levitt & Elizabeth McCarthy

  Regulating in the Dark
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  • Nuclear Energy Innovation
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    by Adam Stein

  NRC Regulations Must Be Credible, Predictable, Timely, and Proportionate to Risk
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  • Energy and Climate
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    by Peter Cook & Seaver Wang

  Congress Should Fund the Earth Mapping Resource Initiative

• RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on the Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act

  Washington, D.C.—May 14, 2026—Today, Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Build Nuclear…

  Nuclear Energy Innovation

  

  by Spencer Toohill
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  • Food and Agriculture
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    by Dan Blaustein-Rejto

  Public Agricultural Research Is Drifting Away From Farm Productivity
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  • Food and Agriculture
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    by Emily Bass

  Trump’s Reorganization Adds to Perfect Storm of Wildfire Risk

• RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on House Passage of the 2026 Farm Bill

  Washington, DC — April 30, 2026 — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Farm, Food, and National Security…

  Food and Agriculture

  

  by Emily Bass
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  • Nuclear Energy Innovation
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    by Ted Nordhaus

  Five "Pro-Nuclear But" Myths
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  • Nuclear Energy Innovation
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    by Adam Stein & Spencer Toohill

  Part 53: A Viable Licensing Pathway for New Reactors