Today, Senator Joe Manchin III (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed granting West Virginia the authority to oversee and administer the Class VI well...
Mark Fleming has a prediction for those terrified about the impact of a second Trump administration on the clean energy transition: “It’s going to work out better than folks think.” Fleming is head of Conservatives for Clean Energy, a Raleigh-based nonprofit that brings together lobbyists, consultants, and politicians on the right who support clean energy. The group formed a decade ago,...
Given President-elect Donald J. Trump’s critical rhetoric about environmental regulation, it is natural to wonder what the future of pollution reduction will look like under his next presidential term, as regulations are the primary policy mechanism by which air pollution is managed in the United States. Although it would be understandable to assume that pollution...
Longtime Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) is vowing to prioritize permitting reform and domestic energy production as he vies to be chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the most coveted energy leadership positions in the House. Latta, the most senior Republican on the committee, is going up against Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) to lead the influential committee, which will only gain...
Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and nominee for Secretary of Energy, wrote this foreword for C3 Solutions 2023 "Free Economies are Clean Economies" report, which was published on December 8th, 2023.
Growing energy demand, advances in reactor technology, and recent legislative and regulatory progress are fueling rising interest in nuclear energy. This momentum could open the door to repowering retiring coal plants with nuclear—an approach that could boost local economies while providing the grid with clean reliable energy, as outlined in BPC’s 2023 report, Can Advanced Nuclear...
Brian Fitzsimons, CEO of GridUnity, doesn’t think his company alone can solve the grid interconnection backlog that’s holding back the U.S. energy transition. But he’s sure that its software is a lot better than the combination of paper, spreadsheets, and email that most grid operators use right now. In fact, he claims his firm’s software can shave about a year or more from the...
“Texas is the energy capital of the world, and we are ready to be No. 1 in advanced nuclear power,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a news release Monday announcing the final report produced by the Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group (TANRWG) that he created in August, 2023. The group’s charge was to conduct a study and...
Last week, the House voted to advance the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act, a critical piece of legislation aimed at accelerating the development of geothermal energy on federal lands.
The tax cuts adopted during the first Trump administration as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire by the end of next year, putting extra pressure on the next Congress to adopt another tax reform. Republicans will likely try to extend those cuts as part of a budget reconciliation bill,...
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