Policy
The NDAA Should Support SMRs
The Department of Defense (DOD) needs a fast lane to the deployment of small modular reactors for powering stations, and the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offers a road forward.
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Securing Energy Dominance Requires Returning the DOE to Its Innovation Mission
Through the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Congress has allocated $1 billion to the Department of Energy (DOE) for loans that focus on the president’s energy dominance agenda. This presents an opportunity for a necessary policy course correction, as the nation’s energy needs are growing, and even the energy we can produce won’t always be low-cost.
Conservation
New USDA Rule Seeks to Streamline Environmental Reviews
Energy developers, foresters, and farmers alike are all too familiar with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). At the USDA, NEPA has stifled progress through lengthy environmental impact statements and redundant environmental assessments for projects ranging from farmland conservation to forest management and livestock grazing.
Policy
The Carrot Is Mightier Than the Stick
If we want to lead the world in reducing emissions while securing economic growth and energy security, we must replace the stick with the carrot. Overregulation, top-down mandates, and punitive taxes may win headlines, but they rarely produce scalable, lasting results.
Energy
Good Energy Policy is Crucial for AI
If you want evidence of artificial intelligence’s lifesaving potential, log out of ChatGPT and, instead, check out what’s happening in Virginia Tech’s Civil and Environmental Engineering program. Researchers there are building a model that uses deep learning to predict where flooding from hurricanes will occur.
Conservation
Taking Action to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Whatever you think the costs of wildfires are – to your community, your country, or the planet- it is very likely an underestimate.
Conservation
How Will an International Visitor Surcharge Benefit Our National Parks?
Approximately 14.6 million travelers from other countries visit America’s national parks annually. Now, the U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing a surcharge so that these visitors pay a little extra for park entrance fees.
Infrastructure
Repeal NEPA Now, For Any Reason You Like
These obsolete laws still on the books would be comical if they weren't so constricting.
Energy
Can New Hampshire Usher In an Era of Off-Grid Electricity Supply?
The New Hampshire House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would pave the way for consumer-regulated electricity.
Energy
The Future of American Energy Dominance Hinges on Regulatory and Permitting Reform
Despite the rhetoric that energy tax credits are essential to energy dominance, the real obstacle holding back energy investment and deployment is regulatory bottlenecks at the federal, state, and local levels. Policy reforms that unlock all forms of energy development can enhance energy affordability and grid resiliency at a significantly lower cost to taxpayers.