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Articles about Sustainable Agriculture Systems

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
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Understanding the NRC Independence Debate
RELEASE: Climate and Energy Organizations Applaud New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Approval of the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project

Washington, D.C. — December 9, 2025 — This morning, The Breakthrough Institute, Inclusive Abundance Action, Third Way,…

Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt
Energy and Climate

by Seaver Wang
Why California’s Coastal Commission Should Let Diablo Canyon Keep Operating
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by PJ Seel & Adam Stein
The Current State of Radiation Protection in the United States
Food and Agriculture

by Ted Nordhaus
Breaking Things at Breakthrough
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak
Are U.S. Crop Yields Declining?
Food and Agriculture

by Emma Kovak & Leah Buchman
Revisiting the U.S. Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology
Leah Buchman
Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Spencer Toohill
What The U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Means for the American Nuclear Industry
Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Elizabeth McCarthy
The Fall of Permitting Reform
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto , Vijaya Ramachandran & Ted Nordhaus
AIM for Scale
RELEASE: Valar Atomics Achieves First Criticality in DOE Pilot Program

WASHINGTON, DC - November 17, 2025 – Valar Atomics announced that its NOVA Core successfully achieved criticality at…

Nuclear Energy Innovation

by Adam Stein
Energy for Development

by William Davison
Climate Finance Is Everything—And So Nothing
William Davison
RELEASE: Farm Bill Extension and FY26 USDA Funding Fall Flat

Washington, DC — November 14, 2025 — This week, Congress passed a continuing resolution to end the longest government…

Food and Agriculture

by Emily Bass
Energy and Climate

by Ted Nordhaus
Environmental Law After Environmentalism
Energy and Climate

by Alex Trembath
Of Course Prioritizing Climate Change Means Deprioritizing Other Things
Energy and Climate

by Patrick Brown
When Are Scientific Claims Untrustworthy?
RELEASE: Breakthrough Institute Statement in Support of NY Governor Hochul’s Approval of the Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline

Washington, D.C. — November 7, 2025 — The Breakthrough Institute supports the NY State government's decision to approve…

Environmental Regulatory Reform

by Marc Levitt
Energy and Climate

by Juzel Lloyd , Adam Stein , Seaver Wang & more
Abundant Fuel for Abundant Reactors
Food and Agriculture

by Dan Blaustein-Rejto
Seeds of Abundance
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

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