ICYMI: Dow announced that its Seadrift, Texas site, which manufactures more than 4 million pounds of materials per year, will host the first X-energy high temperature gas reactor!
 

1. Jeremy testifies before House Natural Resources on permitting

ClearPath Chief Strategy Officer Jeremy Harrell testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations this week in a hearing titled, "The Biden Administration’s Executive Overreach and its Impact on American Energy Independence." 

Jeremy’s testimony focused on three pillars of reform that must be expanded upon to unlock our energy future – restoring predictability to the permitting system; providing more streamlined litigation; and improving coordination between federal, state and local governments.

• Watch Jeremy’s opening statement here.
• Read Jeremy’s testimony here.

What’s clear: Republican and Democratic policymakers have never been more closely aligned on the need for permitting reform. Whether the motivation is climate, economic growth, or energy security, it is well past time to fix what is broken. ​​​
 

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2. Bipartisan Senate CDR bill will accelerate technology commercialization

ClearPath Action endorsed the Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies (CREST) Act of 2023, reintroduced this week by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA).

• ​​​​​This legislation will authorize research, development, and deployment (RD&D) of innovative carbon dioxide removal and sequestration technologies crucial to meeting America’s emissions reduction goals.

What’s clear: "Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is one of the most promising clean technologies for removing carbon already in our atmosphere and affordably reducing emissions across the global economy,” said ClearPath Action CEO Rich Powell.

3. Emissions know no borders

• The U.S. is roughly produces 11% of global emissions, and
• Our efforts at home will not be enough to solve global energy and climate challenges.

4. Oxy breaks ground on world’s largest DAC plant
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• The project estimates removing 500,000 metric tons of carbon annually, and
• Has the potential to increase capacity to 1 million tons per year in the future. 
• Some carbon will be stored underground, and the rest used to create products.

5. The world wants new nuclear – 5:1
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• There is strong support for advanced nuclear in every country tested
• ​​​​​Environmental group members are strong supporters of advanced nuclear
• Support for advanced nuclear is bipartisan and comes from almost all parties

6. Microsoft looks to procure fusion electricity
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7. ICYMI

• The Wall Street Journal referenced ClearPath’s report Hawkeye State Headwinds in their coverage of community backlash to clean energy infrastructure.
• The New York Times editorial board underscores the need for permitting reform.
• The Cool Down featured Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) in a piece discussing his efforts to lead on climate issues in Congress.