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Energy
Families and businesses want affordable, dependable power; however, improving the reliability of the grid in response to Texas’s winter storm should effectively correct for any specific problems rather than unnecessarily overhauling the entire market structure.
Energy
Reforming nuclear regulations will help Britain reach net-zero goals, while lessening reliance on China.
Energy
California and Germany have both made climate change a public policy priority. To reach their climate goals, they should embrace nuclear energy.
Energy
Wind, solar, fission, and fusion must all comprise contributions to a carbon-neutral energy sector. But the government must not be in the business of monopolistically picking which companies or technologies will come out on top. Come rain or shine, renewables must be left to succeed or fail on their own merits.
Energy
Finland’s Onkalo facility should be a victory for all climate activists as we work to improve the world’s most reliable clean energy source. In response to this news, the United States should lessen its regulatory burden on nuclear energy to encourage more production and lessen the cost of new plants.
Energy
Removing government barriers will empower the private sector to build back faster, cleaner and more efficiently while maintaining environmental safeguards.
Energy
As the world looks for serious solutions to climate change in the coming weeks at COP, global leaders and delegates would do well to heed the words of Dr. Kerry Emanuel and embrace nuclear energy.
Energy
With the need for nuclear energy being so obvious in reducing emissions while providing reliable power to consumers, it is important to have entrepreneurs such as Clay Sell and his team at X-energy creating the innovations that are needed to power the world.
Energy
Nuclear Science Week 2021 is arguably more important than ever. Nuclear energy is clean, reliable, and safe—and this message deserves urgent attention.
Energy
In the coming weeks, all eyes will be focused on COP and how the international community will address global climate change. Policymakers would do well to learn from Europe’s energy shortages and embrace climate solutions that are rooted in economic freedom.
