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.
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 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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.”
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.
The National Review quotes CEO Sam Thernstrom on the inadequacy of renewable resources alone in meeting America’s electricity demand.
Energy News Network writer Jean Chemnick quotes EIRP’s Sam Thernstrom on how Republicans view climate science. He is quoted as saying “I think Republicans are in a very different space now. I think they are much more on board with the idea that there are harms to climate change and that they are attributable to man-made CO2 emissions…
