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Drew Bond

Drew Bond is Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of C3 Solutions. He has spent decades working across energy policy, government and the private sector. His previous roles include Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy during the George W. Bush administration, Chief of Staff at The Heritage Foundation, and Vice President for energy and environmental public policy and technology commercialization at Battelle.

Bond is also Co-Founder, President and CEO of PowerField Energy, which develops solar systems for agricultural and emerging market applications. He has launched ventures in utility data analytics, waste-to-energy technology and online media.

Bond lives in northern Virginia with his wife, Melanie. They have six children and have served as foster care advocates and providers.

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Infrastructure

Rubio’s Data Center Diplomacy

The point is that we will need a significant number of data centers and considerable energy to power them, not just in the United States. Just as we need military partnerships with our global allies, in this modern era of data, we need data partnerships with our allies. 

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Policy

The Ukraine Mineral Deal Is a Win for America, Ukraine, and Peace

As the Trump administration angles for peace between Ukraine and Russia, the real driving force that will bring calm to the region — while benefiting the United States — is a critical mineral deal with America. To understand why, we must first recognize why critical minerals are so essential.

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Environment

Economic Freedom and the Real Climate Hoax

Innovation, investment, and the cleanest possible energy production thrive best in freer markets that encourage competition instead of having politicians pick winners and losers. That, in a nutshell, is the lesson of the latest Free Economies are Clean Economies report.

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Policy

Accelerating American AI and Energy Dominance on Military Bases and National Labs

But there is a way to move even more quickly. The place to unleash new technology is on land already controlled and secured by the U.S. government: American military bases and National Laboratories. With the stroke of a pen, the administration could open up the development of data centers co-located with new energy projects at these locations. 

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Around the Web

Wine Enthusiasts Poised to Adapt to Changing Climates

Changing climate doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone everywhere. To some, warming will mean that already hot places will become even more temperature-challenged. To others, it might actually create new opportunities for things like growing food and new crops.

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Energy

The Energy and Climate Leadership We Need

It’s a new year, and there’s enthusiasm in the air for the incoming Trump Administration. Opportunities abound to expand the U.S. economy and influence around the world, working to bring more peace and prosperity to people and parts of the planet that need it most.

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Energy

The Fusion Energy Fast Forward

You may have heard the cliché to say that “fusion is always 10 years away.” I’ve been hearing that since the beginning of my career. It was ten years away in the late 90s, and it was still ten years away just a few years ago. It’s the unattainable goalpost just over the horizon. 

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Transportation

Imposing Clean Fleet Requirements Now Would be a Dirty Trick

California was once the land of opportunity and innovation. As the home of Silicon Valley, Vandenberg Air Force Base (now Space Force Base) and, of course, Hollywood, what happened in the Golden State soon ended up improving lives in every other state. But the opposite of that can be true too. California’s bad ideas can also spread far and wide

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