Panel Discussion: A New Technological Cold War?
On October 21, EIRP President Paul Saunders moderated an online panel discussion of U.S. technological competition with China and Russia, the first in a series on Great Power Technological Competition.
Land Use Requirements of Solar and Wind Power: Understanding a Decade of Academic Research
In this original report, EIRP President Paul J. Saunders assesses over 100 academic studies and government reports on solar and wind power and presents five key findings.
Thernstrom discusses nuclear capacity factors
Thernstrom discusses nuclear capacity factors
EIRP CEO Samuel Thernstrom discussed the capacity benefits of nuclear power in the article “Thought leaders on nuclear capacity factors,” which appeared in the May 2020 issue of the American Nuclear Society’s publication Nuclear News. To read his and other contributions, follow this link.
Saunders makes the case for U.S. technology cooperation with South Korea in The National Interest
Writing for The National Interest, EIRP President Paul Saunders argues that as U.S.-China competition intensifies, Washington should deepen its technology cooperation with South Korea, a key U.S. ally in the Indo-Pacific region.
E&E News Quotes Thernstrom On Carbon Pricing, Clean Energy Standards
E&E News quoted EIRP CEO Samuel Thernstrom, who noted that while “there’s been a really remarkable shift in the conversation about climate and energy policy options over the last couple years,” such policy ideas are still “mostly on the sidelines” within Congress.
EIRP President Examines Saudi Arabia-U.S. Alliance, Cooperation on Nuclear Energy
Writing for Bloomberg, Samuel Thernstrom and David Garman outline a reform agenda for the Department of Energy to move the department beyond the Solyndra scandal and the troubled loan guarantee program by refocusing its work on basic and pre-commercial research into key energy technologies.
Saunders Explains Why the Climate Risk Disclosure Act Misses the Mark
Saunders Explains Why the Climate Risk Disclosure Act Misses the Mark
Writing for MarketWatch, EIRP President Paul Saunders argues that Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Climate Risk Disclosure Act goes well beyond its name. Rather than protecting investors, the bill attempts to use the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a price on carbon. That isn’t the …
Inside Philanthropy Quotes EIRP CEO Nuclear Policy Funding
Inside Philanthropy Quotes EIRP CEO Nuclear Policy Funding
Inside Philanthropy quotes EIRP Samuel Thernstrom in a major article on foundations funding nuclear work. Thernstrom encourages foundations funding nuclear energy policy research to take a technologically neutral approach.
EcoWatch Quotes EIRP CEO on Barriers to Achieving 100% Renewable Energy Global Target
Leading environmental news site EcoWatch cites Samuel Thernstrom regarding the challenges to achieving a reliance on 100% renewable energy. He is quoted as saying that “we need a serious conversation about these issues to get there” but the conversation is “painfully slow and difficult.”
Saunders Discusses Energy and U.S.-China Competition at the Center for the National Interest
On July 30, 2019, EIRP President Paul Saunders spoke on a Center for the National Interest panel discussing US-China competition and energy policy. Saunders and George Mason University Professor Hart both agreed that technology innovation is key to combating climate change; however, they differed over the extent to which America is likely to be able to cooperate with China in addressing this global challenge.