THE ISSUE
Climate and Energy
PUBLICATION
Nuclear Power: Could a New Atomic Age Solve Climate Change?
It’s time for an old energy innovation to become new again in America. An expansion of next-generation nuclear power may provide the best and most realistic path for America to protect our environment, expand our use of low-carbon energy, and sustain our economy in the years ahead.
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How Do We Sustain Historic Emissions Reductions Once the Lockdowns Lift?
What might an economically sustainable approach to emissions reduction look like? This New Center issue brief has some ideas on where to start, and explores how environmental and energy policy and politics are shifting during this historic pandemic.
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Protecting America’s Public Lands
Today, federally protected land has grown to account for 640 million acres—or about 14% of the landmass of the entire country. And the love Americans have for public lands has grown with it. Yet America’s growing love for public lands isn’t reflected in how we treat them.
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Shaping the Market to Create a Clean Energy Future
This paper explores the economic forces and incentives that created our fossil-based economy, and how we can harness those same forces to unleash the potential of cleaner energy and climate change mitigation technologies.
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Double Down on Federal R&D for Breakthrough Energy Technologies
Many breakthrough energy technologies have promise, but they are currently being held back by cost, scalability, and performance hurdles. Significant new federal R&D funding in these areas could accelerate the timeframe for innovators to clear these hurdles.
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The Big Issues
Climate and Energy
Climate and Energy
The fight against climate change is a multi-decade challenge, and must be sustained across many presidencies and sessions of Congress. For any solution to stand a chance, it must be forged in the center.
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