The American Innovation and Jobs Act will empower innovators in the United States, allowing America to retain its global leadership in R&D while benefiting our economy, energy sector, and environment.
Searching for Advanced Nuclear Power Technology? Look to Idaho
"The MARVEL reactor will be constructed at INL’s Transient Reactor Test Facility. Yasir Arafat, project lead for MARVEL, showed me the site and provided an overview of the project. Arafat explained that microreactors are 'very tiny reactors' compared to today’s more standard gigawatt-scale commercial units. He said they typically produce single-digit megawatt output, although some can run up to 20 MW or more. Arafat noted that microreactors have three key features: they can be built in factories, transported over standard roads, and are self-regulating, that is, they’re automated to operate safely without human interaction."
Natural Gas Hookup Ban Restricts Consumer Choice
"The problem is, natural gas bans are unlikely to work that way, and in the meantime, they restrict consumer choices and jeopardize the innovation that has led the U.S. to cleaner, safer technologies. Prioritizing climate change considerations over all else will serve only to stop consumers from using the type of energy that works best for their situations."
AgARDA Can Spur Agricultural Innovation and Breakthroughs
As lawmakers look to shore up the next generation of U.S. agriculture, providing adequate funding to AgARDA is a good place to start.
Take It From Miss America: Young Americans Should Champion Nuclear Energy
"We each have a voice, and it's our responsibility to use our voices to enact meaningful change. Gen Z could be the generation that champions nuclear energy and fights back against climate change. In fact, we have to. It's time to seize this valuable opportunity to hold politicians accountable and take action to create reliable and zero-carbon energy."
Renewables Industry Faces Environmentalist Challenges
"If Taiwan fails to meet the green energy and natural gas goals while facing a hard deadline for eliminating nuclear power, it will either face power shortages or be forced to continue operating coal-fired power plants that were set to be retired."
There Is No Clean Future Without Nuclear Energy
Grace Stenke and Heather Reams write in RealClearEnergy about the importance of nuclear power. “The expansion of nuclear energy in the United States is not only a chance to show American leadership and competitiveness on global stage; it is an opportunity to grow our own economy, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable and affordable energy...
How Innovation Works For the Environment
“Crucially, the very incentives that drive private sector innovation also drive ever-greater economic and environmental efficiency – serving both humanity and the planet well. Free markets are good for innovation, and innovation is good for the environment.”
A 2017 law comes back to haunt startups in 2024
"How it used to work: If a company had $1.5 million in revenue and $1 million in expenses (let's say it was entirely domestic R&D), it would pay taxes on its $500,000 profit.
How it works now: In the same example, the company would have to amortize the $1 million in expenses over five years, so it would deduct only $200,000 (one fifth) and would pay taxes on $1.3 million in profit."
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