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Energy Technology and Innovation
November 2011
Surviving the Coming Clean Tech Crash
The best way for Washington to green America's economy is to employ new innovation and commercialization policies that will replace the old and expiring clean tech deployment subsidies.
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May 2011
Know Your Heritage: The Heritage Foundation's Incoherent Attack On Public Investment in Energy Innovation
The Heritage Foundation recently proposed a near dismantling of the Department of Energy in the name of budget deficit reduction. But their proposal includes numerous inconsistencies and inaccuracies to justify eliminating programs vital to the United States energy innovation system. In response, the Breakthrough Institute, along with ITIF and Americans for Energy Leadership, detail point-by-point the fundamental inaccuracies of Heritage's proposal.
April 2011
Why Climate Science Divides Us But Energy Technology Unites Us
Climate science was supposed to unite us, on the left and the right, and result in common, concerted action. Instead, the science of climate change has proved to be ideologically polarizing. In a speech for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus explain why climate science divides us. By contrast, energy technology may actually be able to transcend politics and unify Republicans and Democrats alike.
January 2011
Presentation: "Where Good Technologies Come From"
From hybrid crops to blockbuster drugs, nuclear power to wind power, and microchips to the Internet, government support was critical to the productive public-private partnerships that spawned so many revolutionary American technologies.
December 2010
Where Good Technologies Come From: Case Studies in American Innovation
Where do good technologies come from? The history of American innovation shows that an active partnership between the public and private sectors has been key to developing breakthrough technologies, which have driven generations of economic prosperity. In an updated report, the Breakthrough Institute explores this partnership through a set of case studies in American innovation.
December 2010
WSJ: Forget the U.N. Climate Convention, Rethink Innovation Instead
Forcing countries to agree to emissions caps will never work, argue Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. The duo argues in a special Wall Street Journal column that the global community should think past U.N. climate talks in Cancun and focus instead on energy innovation, adaptation, and no regrets policies that do not require agreement about global warming.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Michael Shellenberger, President
Ted Nordhaus, Chairman
The Breakthrough Institute
436 14th Street, Suite 820
Oakland, CA 94612
510.550.8800
Email for more information:
michael(at)thebreakthrough(dot)org
ted(at)thebreakthrough(dot)org)
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