"Plant Vogtle’s Units 3 and 4 are the first nuclear reactors to be constructed in the United States in more than three decades, and it’s no wonder. Overregulation and the absurd cost – both time-wise and financially – of the NRC permitting process are stopping clean, safe nuclear energy in its tracks. We’re allowing outdated fears and bureaucratic inertia dictate our energy future, while our energy security and climate goals suffer."
"Critics, however, warn that the PUC is pushing the state toward a market design rooted in the past instead of embracing renewable energy and accelerating efforts to cut electricity use when demand is highest. Some also say the proposal would raise power costs for customers. And powerful legislators question whether the PUC’s plan will offer the reliability its supporters promise."
Wes Moore Has a High Ceiling if He Puts Data over Dogma
"Returning to R&D expensing—by which investments are written off immediately—makes sense. Virtually every single country around the world allows companies to deduct the full cost of R&D—and many subsidize it heavily. China, among other countries, does so using a 'super-deduction,' allowing companies to deduct more than 100% of their R&D costs. In China, companies may deduct 175% of R&D expenses. The U.S. is the outlier; it punishes investment by not letting companies deduct even 100% of R&D costs."
"'It used to take five years to build something like the Hoover Dam,' he said. 'Now, it takes us, at least for any kind of sizable project today, at least four years for the permitting process, not the construction. And generally, it will take us nine months to construct.'"
"We can strengthen our energy grid and produce more power than ever before. But we can only accomplish this if Congress takes action to provide American researchers and developers a regulatory framework that makes room for fusion energy."
The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) has launched the Paradise Valley Brucellosis Compensation Fund, a new tool designed to support ranchers in Montana who own prime elk habitat.
With the rising cost of minerals and the sticker price of EVs higher than their gas-consuming counterparts, lawmakers should look to reduce barriers and avoid protectionist policies.
“'There’s no doubt, transition needs to (happen),' he told CNBC. 'At the same time we need... to build oil and gas, while at the same time [we] decarbonize oil and gas. We need support for alternatives. But at the same time, we need the support or the conventional sources of energy by building carbon capture and storage and giving incentives and support by policymakers.'"
America’s exceptional work reducing emissions while growing GDP and last month’s breakthrough on fusion demonstrate that American innovators will continue to lead the world on meaningful climate progress.
