Halting U.S. energy production will not stop the world from consuming more energy.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Charts a Path Forward on Part 53
"Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released its votes and instructions for the initial draft of Part 53. The Part 53 rule should be predictable, flexible, scalable, and enable innovation. The Commission's decision on the draft Part 53 is a step in the right direction. The Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) addresses many of the key concerns of stakeholders. In doing so, the Commission may have taken a draft rule that was unlikely to be used, and set it on a path to be a modern performance-based pathway for licensing new reactors."
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IRA implementation is still suffering from regulatory uncertainty, executives say
"'We maybe celebrated the passage of the IRA a little bit too early,' he said. 'I’m hearing talk — and I’m struggling to embrace this — about the need for additional tariff measures on top of, not instead of, on top of the very substantial subsidies associated with the IRA in order to further drive domestic manufacturing.'"
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20/20 vision for wildlife habitat conservation
"America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act (AWHCA) is a visionary, logical and reasonable policy to more broadly use our proactive tools and knowledge to improve habitat. It will make strategic investments in state and tribal led conservation on both federal and private lands with the caveat that these conservation efforts can generate funding to reinvest and do even more conservation. By strengthening relationships with states, tribes, private landowners, and the federal government, we will empower them to create proactive conservation programs that have been proven to work both on the ground and economically. Through timber sales from thinning activities and private investments in the value created through habitat conservation work, broad scale conservation can eventually fund itself far more effectively than the federal government can, but federal resources and policies are needed to get the conservation started."
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Securing America’s Nuclear Energy Fuel Supply Chain
Expediting domestic production, reducing regulations, partnering with allies, and investing in innovation will reduce supply chain disruptions and accelerate a build out of nuclear energy in the U.S.
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With Atomic Energy Advancement Act, Congress Charts a Path to Unleash American Nuclear Power
The longer policymakers wait to fix the bureaucratic obstacles that hinder nuclear energy innovation, the more ground the U.S. will cede to China and Russia.
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Inflation, high interest rates are threatening energy innovation. Here’s what the US can do
"Entrepreneurship can move us away from a climate that is stifling innovation and toward a reliable, affordable and clean energy future. For that to happen, though, we need to support entrepreneurs and eliminate the restrictions that stand in the way of their ingenuity."
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Protectionism Kills U.S. Merchant Shipping
"For too long Washington has ignored the decline of the country’s maritime sector. Mounting international challenges have brought much-needed scrutiny and should prompt an overhaul of the country’s antiquated shipping policies. Any such effort must include the removal of protectionist measures that have long held the U.S. fleet back."
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This Century-Old Law Is Holding American Shipping Back
Ending dredging protectionism would put American taxpayers and consumers first.
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Three Federal Innovation Programs That Lawmakers Should Prioritize
As lawmakers look for ways to advance innovation while reducing the deficit, they should prioritize these three programs.
