Blog: Takeaways from the Save Diablo Canyon Rally
Last weekend, a crowd of more than one hundred people filled the courtyard in front of the San Luis Obispo Superior Court in vocal support of keeping the neighboring Diablo Canyon nuclear… Read more →
Blog: Closure of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Increased Emissions in California by 37 Million Metric Tons of CO2e
by Adam Stein & more
Closing nuclear power plants consistently increase emissions. As momentum is building for California to reconsider the planned closure of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, it’s instructive… Read more →
Blog: Plant-Based Meat Prices are Falling. What Does That Mean for Beef and Emissions?
by Saloni Shah & more
As prices fall for plant-based meats like the Beyond and Impossible Burger, many expect them to replace a large portion of conventional meat consumption and production. Kearney, a… Read more →
In the popular imagination, the central character in the decades-long campaign against nuclear energy is a hippy with a No Nukes sign. This caricature has served both nuclear advocates, who… Read more →
There is a cold drizzle outside all day in Glasgow, but inside the convention center, the COP26 negotiations are hot and hectic. Political celebrities like Nancy Pelosi and AOC stroll down… Read more →
In August 2020, NuScale Power reached a significant milestone, becoming one of the first developers to receive a design approval for its small modular reactor (SMR) from the Nuclear… Read more →
Blog: Climate Change is Not Pollution Problem
Last week the Supreme Court announced that it would hear an appeal to the DC Circuit Court’s rejection of the Trump Administration’s constitutional argument that the US Environmental… Read more →
Blog: Build Back Better Recognizes Climate Benefits of Agricultural Research
The most recent version of the Build Back Better Act, the result of months of negotiations that are still ongoing, includes $2 billion in new spending for agricultural research, research… Read more →
Between the national importance of expanding American clean energy generation and the national obligation to clean up sites still impacted from prior uranium mining and nuclear weapons… Read more →
Blog: Is Cultivated Meat a Bad Bet?
It's a risky climate bet, but it's one of many worth taking. Read more →
This week, I had the privilege of introducing a webinar that Breakthrough hosted with Third Way entitled Forging Near-term Pathways for Licensing Advanced Reactors — about the current state… Read more →
Blog: The New IEA Report Shows How We Are Flattening the Curve of Future Emissions
The new World Energy Outlook 2021 from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows how the world is making progress on clean energy and emissions and provides further evidence that very… Read more →
Blog: The Road Between the UN Food Systems Summit and COP26
Thursday, September 23rd marked the first day of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) which convened government leaders, producers, civil society, and private sector leaders… Read more →
Blog: Global Innovation Policy for Alternative Proteins
On September 23, the UN Secretary-General will convene the 6th ever Food System Summit, representing an opportunity to engage countries around the world to advance “game-changing” solutions… Read more →
Blog: House Ag Committee Includes $7.75B Investment in Ag Research & Infrastructure in Reconciliation Bill
Here’s a breakdown of how the $7.75 billion would be spent. Read more →
Blog: NGOs Propose Principles for the Responsible Governance of Gene Editing
by Emma Kovak
We lay out how they might start being put into practice. Read more →
by Alex Trembath & more
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Embraces Breakthrough’s Quiet Climate Policy Priorities Read more →
What Ice Can Teach Us About Alternative Meat
I haven’t always been a fan of the idea that history can provide “lessons” for the future. Analogy, as my high school history teacher often thundered, “is not analysis.” But every so often,… Read more →