Rich Powell Testifies Before Senate Budget Committee: The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change
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Yesterday, ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget in a hearing, “The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change.” In his testimony, Rich discussed America’s fiscally responsible approach to the global climate challenge and the need for goal-oriented investments in targeted bipartisan solutions, such as clean energy, like implementing the Energy Act of 2020.

Watch Rich’s opening statement.
Read Rich’s full testimony.
Watch the archived webcast of the hearing.
 

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NET Power Partnering with Archer Daniels Midland, Southern Ute Indian to Build Zero-Emission Gas Power Plants
 

8 Rivers Capital, LLC (8 Rivers), the owner of NET Power, which is a game-changing, natural gas power plant technology start-up, made two exciting announcements this week. NET Power produces a first-of-a-kind gas power plant technology that captures all of its carbon — operating with zero emissions.

8 Rivers and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) announced the Broadwing Clean Energy Complex in Decatur, IL, is poised to be built with NET Power technology and generate 280 MW of clean power by 2025. They will store captured carbon 1.5 miles underground leveraging existing carbon storage infrastructure.

The company also announced it is partnering with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund (SUGF) on the Coyote Clean Power Project to build a NET Power natural gas power plant on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado.

Read more in Bloomberg.

Learn more about the technology in our Whiteboard Video: The Carbon Capture Game Changer.
 

How to Reform Metals Policy
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Metals are the literal backbone of society used in buildings, bridges, cars and more. The U.S. processes and uses six main types of metals: iron and steel, aluminum, ferroalloy, lead, magnesium, and zinc. Global demand for metals is expected to increase significantly over the next several decades, driven by rapid urbanization in nonindustrialized countries and as various sectors all over the world begin to adopt clean technology. Despite promising technological advances, little low-emission metal manufacturing capacity is in commercial operation today.

Learn more about policy options for reforming emissions from metals.
 

​​​ClearPath to Host Virtual Event on TRi Energy Partnership Announcement
 

Later this month, ClearPath is hosting a virtual event on the recently announced TRi Energy Partnership between X-energy, Energy Northwest and Grant County Public Utility District. Registration information and more details coming soon.
 

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ClearPath’s Jena Lococo Named Fellow of the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis
 

ClearPath Policy Analyst Jena Lococo was named one of 20 fellows in the second cohort of the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Crisis. This fellowship is sponsored by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) in partnership with The OpEd Project and Senior Advisor Ann MacDougall. “These fellows demonstrate high-powered thought leadership in a variety of ways, including education, community organizing, public writing, and advocacy.” Please join us in congratulating Jena.

Read more about the fellowship.
 

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ClearPath Advisory Board Member Paul Dabbar Testifies Before Senate ENR
 

Yesterday, ClearPath Advisory Board Member and Chairman and CEO of Bohr Quantum Technologies Paul Dabbar testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a hearing to Examine the Role of the DOE and Energy Innovation in American Economic Competitiveness.

Read Paul’s full testimony.
Watch the archived webcast of the hearing.
 

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WATCH: How VTR promotes international safety
 

ClearPath Senior Program Director for Nuclear Energy Niko McMurray discusses in a video why the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) is needed in the U.S. to prove nuclear energy as a source of clean, affordable power.

Watch the video here.
Learn more in our blog, Let’s Show the World We’re Serious About Nuclear Energy.
 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

House Republicans Plan Climate Legislation

Last week, the Washington Examiner reported that U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will soon roll out a series of bills, including legislation on clean energy innovation to support carbon capture and advanced nuclear technologies, as well as critical infrastructure and natural climate solutions.
 

Newswise: 5 ways Argonne scientists are powering ahead on nuclear micro-reactors

Experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are developing strategies to bring micro-reactor concepts to commercialization, working in partnership with the private sector and federal regulators. Read more
 

Third Way: How Advanced Nuclear Got on the Map

Third Way published a blog, “How Advanced Nuclear Got on the Map,” which discusses their involvement on nuclear policy and how the commercialization of U.S. advanced nuclear will be a victory for mitigating climate change and for the U.S. economy. The blog also references how other NGOs, including ClearPath and ClearPath Action, have led the charge in making bipartisan progress on climate, including our role in influencing the concept of the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).
Read the blog
 

The Hill: Give Republicans the climate credit they deserve

Former House E&C Chairman Greg Walden and ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell wrote an op-ed for The Hill over the weekend explaining how Republicans have made tremendous strides on climate.

“We have institutionalized big, bold goals anchored by clean energy breakthroughs, and even campaign on innovation as the best approach to solving the climate challenge…The culmination of the years of effort can be summed up in one piece of legislation — the Energy Act of 2020.”

Read the full op-ed.
 

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The Literal Building Blocks of Modern Society
 

Cement and concrete are used in everything from roads to buildings. Since their time-tested recipes create a significant amount of carbon dioxide emissions as a byproduct, efforts are now underway to reduce the product’s carbon footprint. Around the world, about eight percent of carbon emissions can be traced back to cement and concrete production.

Check out our Cement and Concrete policy page here.
 

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WATCH: Energy Act of 2020 – A Clean Energy Road Map  

Congress recently passed one of the biggest advancements in clean energy and climate policy in over a decade – the monumental Energy Act of 2020. Tucked away in the 5,000 page end of year omnibus was a wholly bipartisan, clean energy innovation roadmap. Watch ClearPath’s latest whiteboard video where Rich Powell explains what’s in the Energy Act and why it’s so important.

Watch the video here.
 

THE PATH AHEAD

April 20: Join the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) Webinar Series​ as we examine the opportunities, challenges, and innovations needed for Shaping our Carbon-Free Future Register here

April 27-28: Foreign Policy is hosting a virtual climate summit, Advancing the Global Dialogue on Climate Action.
 

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