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“When it comes to making the hard choices over how best to invest taxpayer dollars, ensuring that America is a global leader in advanced nuclear power is a critical and responsible investment. With all the talk of the radical 'Green New Deal,' it’s shocking to see nuclear energy pushed aside by some on the left even though it is carbon free electricity.”

“The energy sector accounts for eight percent of our national economy. But as I often remind people, energy is the first eight percent. Energy forms the foundation for every other sector of the economy. We cannot support the robust, growing economy that marked the past several years – and that will pull us out of the hardship associated with the pandemic – without a dynamic energy sector.”

“Learning to live with whatever may be [climate change]'s effects doesn’t imply abandoning efforts at mitigation, but it does mean rejecting a Zimbabwean model, which will be as destructive as it is pointless.”

“We need to start with agreement on a key point, already recognized by many in the energy sphere: All forms of energy must be in the discussion. It's not about loving or hating a specific fuel, whether that's hydrocarbons or wind and solar. It's about reducing and eliminating emissions.”

“Brouillette, though, says ‘there’s a very bright future for coal.’ Why? Because coal exports remain strong and some of our biggest foreign customers are doing something we’re not — building more coal plants.”

“With our abundant resources, cutting-edge technology and export opportunities, it is to our benefit that coal remains a part of our energy future.”

“Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $27 million in funding for 12 projects that will support the development of advanced plastics recycling technologies and new plastics that are recyclable-by-design. As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products.”

“If all that weren’t enough, there’s also the roughly 20 to 100-fold increase in land use that comes with using green machines to replace hydrocarbons. And, of course, there’s the mother’s milk of a Green New Deal, the trillions of dollars in subsidies, necessarily funded by increased costs and taxes for all consumers."

"Because the government auctions off only as much capacity as it reckons the country needs, it will be forced to let Big Wind off the hook and allow it to charge what it wants. For wind investors, it’s a one-way bet – paid for by electricity consumers and the economy as a whole.”