"U.S. policymakers should heed warnings from Europe, and embrace a policy of making American electricity once again the most reliable and affordable on Earth."
Prodigy and Westinghouse Targeting Launch of eVinci Floating Nuclear Plant in Canada by 2030
"Prodigy underscores flexibility will be a key driver for the emerging FNPP market. But rather than developing reactors, its approach is to partner with leading SMR vendors to offer a standardized, scalable, and fully transportable nuclear power plant system—essentially by linking expertise in three mature industries: nuclear, maritime, and transport."
Achieving Greater Food Security in a Changing Climate
The time-tested tools of economic and political freedom bear the most fruit in feeding the world and securing our future for generations to come.
The US wants to end its reliance on Chinese lithium. Its policies are doing the opposite.
"The United States desperately needs to hasten the development of supply chains for critical minerals that don’t involve China and Chinese companies for both commercial and national security interests. Unfortunately, current policies, including regulations from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), are doing exactly the opposite. They are hurting demand for electric vehicles, the very products that will incentivize the development of these supply chains. Instead, Washington needs to unleash the power of the US market by removing barriers to accessing capital, fast-tracking manufacturing, providing high-level diplomatic support, and promoting domestic demand."
Nuclear power generation to reach record high next year, IEA forecasts
"At the UN’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai last year, more than 20 countries, including the US, the UK and France, agreed to try to triple global nuclear power capacity by 2050."
Don’t Make LNG Exports the Next Keystone XL
LNG exports provide several economic, environmental, and national security benefits.
Benin entrepreneur harnesses biowaste to power homes, farms
"In a world grappling with climate change and the search for sustainable energy solutions, Enock Gnaga hopes his company Benin Biogas's complete waste-to-energy cycle will usher in a renewed dedication to environmental stewardship for his country."
What China’s Ban on Rare Earths Processing Technology Exports Means
"The rollout of major export restrictions for graphite, gallium, germanium, rare earth extraction, and separation technologies in less than one year should be a powerful signal to U.S. policymakers that although they are late to the critical minerals game, there is a significant need to both build domestic capabilities and leverage international cooperation to facilitate rapid sourcing and developing of processing capacity."
How Free Trade Helps the Environment
Rather than increasing costs for clean technologies and adding artificial barriers for emerging markets to access industrialized ones, leaders should turn to free trade to meet the world’s economic, energy, and climate needs.