Articles about Congress
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Blog: NRC revises previously issued subsequent license renewal for existing nuclear power plants
In a surprising move, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reversed license renewal approvals for two operating…
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Food and Agriculture
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STATEMENT: NuScale Nuclear Developer Goes Public in Major Milestone, But NRC Remains Biggest Obstacle to Future of Advanced Nuclear Energy
Berkeley, Calif. — Today, NuScale, an advanced nuclear energy developer, announced it will be going public, marking a…
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Energy and Climate
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Energy and Climate
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Climate Change is Not Pollution Problem
Last week the Supreme Court announced that it would hear an appeal to the DC Circuit Court’s rejection of the Trump…
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Blog: Build Back Better Recognizes Climate Benefits of Agricultural Research
The most recent version of the Build Back Better Act, the result of months of negotiations that are still ongoing,…
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Energy and Climate
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Can NRC Reform Itself?
This week, I had the privilege of introducing a webinar that Breakthrough hosted with Third Way entitled Forging…
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CONGRESSIONAL LETTER: The Breakthrough Institute Urges Congress to Include Nuclear in New Federal Tax Credit
Berkeley, Calif. — Today, the Breakthrough Institute’s Sr. Energy Analyst, Jameson McBride, and Sr. Nuclear Analyst,…
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Courting Beijing in the Name of Climate is Misguided
This month, a few dozen progressive climate groups again raised strident objections to Congress and the Biden…
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Fixing Agricultural Carbon Offsets Can’t Drive Substantial Climate Mitigation
Last month, the US Senate passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act, a bipartisan but misguided effort to mitigate…
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Agricultural Appropriations Update
Since early January, Breakthrough’s agriculture team has been busy developing and submitting appropriations requests…
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Comment on “Draft for the NRC’s Rulemaking on, Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors”
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is developing a new licensing framework for the deployment of advanced nuclear…
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RELEASE: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Proposed Licensing Process Threatens Nascent Advanced Nuclear Industry
Known as 10 CFR Part 53, the proposed licensing framework is essential to deploying the next generation of advanced…
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Energy and Climate
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RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Urges House and Senate Agriculture Committees to Boost Ag R&D Funding in Infrastructure Bill with $40B Investment to Fight Climate Change
Letter urges House and Senate Ag Leadership to prioritize ag research funding to fight climate, reduce emissions with a…
