2016-03-19 18:53
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2016-03-19 18:53
This is a guest post by Rebecca Anderson, ACE Sierra's Educator and Team Scientist
This is weird. Today at 1:51 pm Eastern time a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck northwest of Richmond, VA… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Over at the National Journal's Energy forum, my Breakthrough Institute colleague Alex Trembath and I have a new submission to their ongoing discussion asking "How Can Washington Green Americ… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
My colleague Sara Mansur & I have an op ed in today's San Francisco Chronicle, issuing a stern rebuttal to the revival of the "No Nukes" concerts this Sunday at Shoreline in Mountain Vie… Read More
2011-06-30 23:28
In the pages of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)'s Making It quarterly magazine, I and my colleague and Breakthrough Institute Senior Fellow Harry Saunders publishe… Read More
2011-06-24 15:14
Its funny how a simple thing like a computer virus can make take a step back appreciate your business. This morning a virus shut down my computer and let me have some time to just think abo… Read More
2011-06-20 17:20
Live Webcast June 29, 3 PM ET / 12 PM PTFollowing the earthquake and tsunamis that tragically impacted Japan in March, the unfolding crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant has captured… Read More
2011-06-14 19:08
Shreya Indukuri and Daniela Lapidous, ACE Youth Advisory Board members and juniors at the Harker School in San Jose, CA, paid a visit to the White House yesterday, but they didn't just go fo… Read More
2011-05-26 18:30
As the Memorial Day Weekend approaches, many of us are planning road trips — according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), over 30 million Americans will get in their persona… Read More
2011-05-07 19:09
Cross posted on Climate Central.As the world continues to watch the crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant unfold, many are asking what the repercussions will be for the future of nuclear… Read More
2011-05-07 19:07
By Daniela Lapidous, high school junior at the Harker School in San Jose, CA, and member of the ACE Youth Advisory BoardPhew… it’s been a week since one of the most amazing week… Read More
2011-05-07 19:06
Cross posted from Climate Central. To better understand the state of the nuclear power industry, Climate Central has built the following interactive map of nuclear facilities as reported by… Read More
2011-05-07 19:04
By Jesse Jenkins and Sara MansurKevin Drum's recent post on the low price elasticity of demand for oil has reignited an old debate over gas taxes and energy innovation.Drum draws our attenti… Read More
2011-04-14 20:23
I'm reminded recently of Daffy Duck fighting with Bugs Bunny, the duck demanding that it's Rabbit-Hunting Season and Bugs refuting that it's Duck Season. In this cartoonish analogy, Presiden… Read More
2011-03-29 00:34
Cross posted on Climate Central.This click-able map shows the 104 active nuclear reactors in the Lower-48 states, overlaid with both recent earthquakes and the 15 strongest earthquakes in th… Read More
2011-03-29 00:32
WattHead.org Founder and Chief Editor and Breakthrough Institute Director of Climate and Energy Policy Jesse Jenkins was on NPR's Weekend Edition this past Sunday discussing Japan's nuclear… Read More
2011-03-11 21:35
For the second time in eight months, a coalition led by California Rep. Devin Nunes has proposed their R… Read More
2011-03-10 19:31
By Matthew Stepp, Clean Energy Policy Analyst, ITIF There is a growing chorus of experts, businesses, and public sector leaders espousing for one key clean technology: small modular nuclear… Read More
2011-03-09 23:44
In the latest in DC's battle over the federal budget, the Senate Democrats released on Friday their plan to fund the government through FY2011, which would make substantial cuts in federal e… Read More
2011-03-09 23:20
Cross posted on Climate Central.Welcome to Climate Central's weekly science round up. Among last week’s noteworthy research papers were an investigation of over-estimating improved ene… Read More
2011-03-04 16:21
by Matthew Hourihan and Matthew Stepp, Policy Analysts for the Information Technology and Innovation FoundationThere are times when the nation’s political leadership in Washington is p… Read More
2011-03-03 16:12
This column originally published at the Breakthrough Institute blogI've said it before and I'll say it again: when it comes to the global climate challenge, as goes China, so goes the world… Read More
2011-03-03 15:35
Originally published at Americans for Energy Leadership | By Natalie RelichIn the age of iPhones, Facebook, and Twitter, we have instant access to information and constant means of communica… Read More
2011-02-23 01:37
Originally posted by Sara Mansur at the Breakthrough InstituteLast week, a group of Senate Democrat leaders unveiled their plan to build off of the innovation-centered budget proposal releas… Read More
2011-02-21 19:42
Today, we have an op-ed published in the Presidents' Day edition of The Plain Dealer, the largest newspaper in Ohio. The op-ed, "Winning Ohio's energy future," arrives one day before Presid… Read More
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