U.S. Advanced Nuclear Energy Strategyfor Domestic Prosperity, Climate Protection, National Security, and Global Leadership Today the Partnership for Global Security (PGS) and the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) and released a joint report defining a comprehensive strategy for the U.S. to become the global leader in advanced nuclear power. Based on extensive stakeholder engagement, the strategy…
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Outflanking China on Future Nuclear Standards
After a two-hour call with China’s President Xi Jinping, President Biden warned the nation that, “We don’t get moving, they’re going to eat our lunch” in reference to the technology competition between the two countries. Earlier in the day he launched a China Task Force at the defense department that will deliver rapid recommendations on how to counter the…
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Biden Climate Order Embraces Global Nexus Initiative Agenda
The Biden administration’s executive order on the climate crisis has shattered business-as-usual issue silos by “clearly establish[ing] climate considerations as an essential element of U.S. foreign policy and national security.” The administration’s action is a welcome embrace of the cutting-edge agenda that was established by the Global Nexus Initiative (GNI) in 2015. GNI anticipated the…
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Congress and Canada Intersect on Clean Energy
Despite a globe-wide shut down of economic and social activities in 2020, resulting in a plunge in greenhouse gasses of more than 10%, the year still tied for the warmest on record, further contributing to an ever-escalating temperature that has risen by 1.2 degrees Celsius over the past 120 plus years. The need for a clean energy revolution…
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