Breakthrough Institute | The Breakthrough Institute

Articles about Mohammed bin Salman

RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Endorses Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act

Washington, DC — July 24, 2026 — The Breakthrough Institute endorsed the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA) of…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Energy and Climate

by Lauren Teixeira
Rewiring Risk
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Global Shifts in Plant Biotech Regulations
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto & Emily Bass
USDA Is Exploring an Overhaul of its Biotech Regulations
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt & Elizabeth McCarthy
Modernizing Preservation
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Yue "Joy" Jiang
America’s Nuclear Order Book Is Large and Growing
Matt Hellig
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath
The Climate Hushing Is Coming from Inside the House
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Elizabeth McCarthy
Everything Is Becoming Historic
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Yue "Joy" Jiang & Adam Stein
Mapping America's Nuclear Potential
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein & Spencer Toohill
From Paper to Real-Life Reactors: The Holistic View of the Reactor Pilot Program
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by PJ Seel
Modern Rules for Everyday Radioactive Materials
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by PJ Seel
The Fusion Framework: Foundational, Not Final
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by PJ Seel
Right-Sizing Nuclear Materials Security
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by PJ Seel
Allowing Foreign Ownership of Nuclear Generation Is a Net Positive
RELEASE: Supreme Court Ruling Helps Preserve Farmers’ Access to Glyphosate

Decision will help farmers avoid costlier and more harmful weed-control alternatives

Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Energy for Development

by Vijaya Ramachandran & Ted Nordhaus
It's Time for the World Bank to Scrap Its Climate Finance Targets
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook & Seaver Wang
The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act Is Not an Environmental Issue
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Yue "Joy" Jiang & Spencer Toohill
Shared Data, Independent Review
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang , Ryan Alimento & Matt Hellig
The CAPEX Challenge Is Key to Industrial Competitiveness
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein , Spencer Toohill , Deric Tilson & more
Part 57 Should Be Built for High-Volume Licensing
Food and Agriculture

by Alex Smith
You Can't Defend Industrial Food Without Defending Industrial Meat
Food and Agriculture

by Ted Nordhaus
Rich World, Poor World
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt & Elizabeth McCarthy
Regulating in the Dark
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
Caught Between Hormuz and a (Chinese) Hard Place
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
NRC Regulations Must Be Credible, Predictable, Timely, and Proportionate to Risk
Energy and Climate

by Ryan Alimento
What Drives Innovation in Heavy Industry?
RELEASE: Long Mott Environmental Assessment Marks Progress Toward Modernized NRC Environmental Reviews

WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2026 — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its environmental assessment…

Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Spencer Toohill
Energy and Climate

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
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Public Agricultural Research Is Drifting Away From Farm Productivity
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath & Ted Nordhaus
Who Killed The Liberal Patriot?
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Part 57: Right-Sizing Nuclear Regulation for Low-Consequence Reactors
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Trump’s Reorganization Adds to Perfect Storm of Wildfire Risk
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on Withdrawal of Casey Means for Surgeon General

Washington, DC — April 30, 2026 — Today, President Trump announced a new pick for surgeon general, withdrawing his…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
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
Adam Werbach
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Ted Nordhaus
Five "Pro-Nuclear But" Myths
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang , Peter Cook & Ryan Alimento
The Critical Minerals Picture Book
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Yue "Joy" Jiang
NRC Should Streamline Adjudications, not Shift the Burden
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Spencer Toohill
NRC Fee Reform Should Improve Performance, Not Impose Rigid Caps
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein & Spencer Toohill
Clarifying the Record on AB 2647: A Technical Response to Opposition Claims
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Modernizing California’s Nuclear Policy: Support for AB 2647
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein & Spencer Toohill
Part 53: A Viable Licensing Pathway for New Reactors
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt
The NEPA Everyone Is Arguing About Doesn’t Exist Anymore
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
The Aluminum Tech Stack
Food and Agriculture

by Vijaya Ramachandran
Paul Ehrlich Was Wrong About India
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on EPA’s 2026-27 Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements

Washington, DC — March 27, 2026 — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its renewable fuel volume…

Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
NRC Rulemaking Tracker
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus , Ryan Alimento & Seaver Wang
Don’t Let Stealth Deregulation Sink Permitting Reform
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak
USDA Regulations Stifle Innovation
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus & Alex Trembath
Against Climate Lawfare
Food and Agriculture

by Alex Trembath
The Cruelty Is the Point
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt
The Pawn Trade That Could Unlock Permitting Reform
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Glyphosate’s Environmental Benefits
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook , Elizabeth McCarthy & Seaver Wang
Mining Needs Permitting Reform Too
RELEASE: Agriculture Stakeholders Call on Congress to Fund Advanced Research Agency in FY27

Washington, DC — March 10, 2026 — The Breakthrough Institute, joined by a broad coalition of scientific societies,…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by PJ Seel
Decay Fragments: A Health Physics History
Henry I. Miller
Jon Entine
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Nuclear Waste Is a Wicked Problem
RELEASE: 2026 House Farm Bill Advances Innovation Priorities, but Senate Action Still Needed

Washington, DC — March 6, 2026 — The House Agriculture Committee voted early Thursday morning to advance the…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath
Permitting Reform or Die
Food and Agriculture

by Jon Entine & Henry I. Miller
The Microplastics Panic
RELEASE: The NRC Issues Construction Permit for Terrapower’s Natrium Reactor

WASHINGTON, DC, March 4, 2026 — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has voted to issue a construction permit…

Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
The Strategic Significance of an Emerging Seafloor Minerals Sector
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Deric Tilson & Adam Stein
Two New Papers Are Wrong About Cancer Risk from Nuclear Plants
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath & Ted Nordhaus
Solar and Nuclear Both Must Live. Energy Technology Fanaticism Needs to Die.
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Surgeon General Pick Deepens Rift Between Trump Admin and Farmers
Breakthrough Institute Endorses Agriculture and National Security Interagency Research Bill

Washington, DC — February 22, 2026 — The Breakthrough Institute is pleased to support the Department of Defense (DOD)…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Energy and Climate

by PJ Seel
No, a Substation Did Not Make the San Francisco 49ers More Injury Prone
Energy and Climate

by Ryan Alimento
Data Centers Won’t Be In Space Anytime Soon
Energy and Climate

by Shawn Regan
Can Abundance Include Nature?
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath , Elizabeth McCarthy & Marc Levitt
Trump’s War on Renewables in Context
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
The Public Confidence Game
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
The NRC’s Problem Isn’t Caution. It’s Architecture.
Energy and Climate

by Ryan Alimento
Why Fusion Power Tomorrow Needs Industrial Capacity Today
Energy and Climate

by Taylor Dotson
After Revelatory Environmentalism
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang , Ryan Alimento & Yue "Joy" Jiang
A Crossroads for Aluminum and Electrified Heavy Industry
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak & Emily Bass
Congress Punts on the Farm Bill (Again), Let’s Talk About Biotech Instead
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak
Some Biotechnology Product Reviews Have Gotten Faster, Despite Changing Regulations
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath
Who Watches the Watchdogs?
Energy and Climate

by Lauren Teixeira
How Much Progress Has California Made to Reduce Wildfire Risk Since the LA fires?
Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
The Clock Is Ticking for Glyphosate
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook & Seaver Wang
Reducing Critical Mineral Project Lead Times
RELEASE: The SECURE Minerals Act Equips U.S. Critical Minerals Strategy with Powerful and Necessary New Tools

Washington D.C., January 15, 2026 — Today, Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D, NH) and Todd Young (R, IN) and Representatives…

Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Endorses ACE Ag Act Reintroduction

Washington, D.C., January 14, 2026 — The Breakthrough Institute is pleased to support the reintroduction of the…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Elizabeth McCarthy & Marc Levitt
Permitting Certainty Is a Bigger Problem Than Wind Farms
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Why Billions for Uranium Enrichment Still Won’t Deliver Nuclear Fuel
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on Ho K. Nieh’s Designation as NRC Chairman

A New Era for the NRC?

Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto & Lauren Teixeira
California Should Stop Forcing Drivers to Subsidize Deforestation
Energy and Climate

by Peter Cook
Could the U.S. Unlock a Shale Revolution for Critical Minerals?
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein , Yue "Joy" Jiang , Deric Tilson & more
Estimation of Cost Reductions From Risk Informed Radiation Standards
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement on the Final Passage of the SPEED Act out of the House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. — December 18, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute congratulates Chairman Bruce Westerman and the House…

Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt
Food and Agriculture

by Ted Nordhaus & Alex Trembath
2025 Annual Report
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Alex Smith & Elizabeth McCarthy
The Environmentalists Making Forest Fires Worse
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang , Ted Nordhaus & Vijaya Ramachandran
Greenwashing With Chinese Characteristics
RELEASE: California Support for Crop-Based Biofuels Undermines Clean Fuels Program

Berkeley, CA — December 10, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute has submitted formal comments to the California Air…

Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto

«
1
2
3
4
5
6
»

Showing 1–100 of 3314

Sign up for once-a-week emails