Grids and Renewables
In the transition to a renewable energy future, we must invest in a new transmission infrastructure – some crossing state…
February 22, 2021 5522 Results
The Road Back to the Moon
This brief reviews the cost and development problems associated with NASA's plan to return to the moon by 2024 and argues…
February 19, 2021 
Waste Management and the Energy Transition: The Path to Sustainability and a Circular Economy
Integrating a life-cycle dimension into future policies to assess the social, environmental and economic implications of…
February 19, 2021 
Winterization and the Texas Blackout: Fail to Prepare? Prepare to Fail
Lax regulation exposed electricity producers — and their customers — to failures that killed off all four of Texas’ top…
February 19, 2021 
The Materialization of a Dream: Creating a Pathway to Permanent Residency for DACA Recipients
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has provided hundreds of thousands of young people in the U.S…
February 19, 2021 
Pandemics, the Economy, Nature and the Energy Sector
The author draws links between pandemics, the economy, nature and energy, showing that policies reducing the probability of…
February 18, 2021 
NASA’s Space Launch System
Due to its high launch costs and the availability of other, more cost-effective commercial launch vehicles, the Biden…
February 17, 2021 
The Future of Plastics Sustainability: Advanced Recycling
Energy fellow Rachel A. Meidl writes that it is imperative to consider and assess innovative recycling technologies that…
February 15, 2021 
Gas Geoeconomics: A Strategy to Harden European Partners Against Russian Energy Coercion
U.S. backing of key gas infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe can foster deeper market liberalization, the…
February 12, 2021 Webinar — Hydrogen Pathways to Decarbonization February 11, 2021
Efforts to decarbonize are multifaceted, covering a portfolio that includes renewables, carbon capture, electrification…