EFI Foundation Distinguished Associate David Foster discusses Jobs, Emissions, and Economic Growth—What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for Working Families in the MinnPost. The policy paper shows “Biden goals on climate and social equity are well within reach,” Foster explained.
In an opinion piece for The Boston Globe, Ernest J. Moniz comments on the scientific milestone in nuclear fusion achieved by the U.S. Department of Energy. “Nuclear fusion offers the benefits without those challenges [of today’s nuclear fission], and widespread deployment would be a game-changer,” Moniz explained.
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In an interview on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power with David Westin, Ernest J. Moniz explains the implications of the first net energy gain from fusion. “I think we can demonstrate, and maybe initially deploy, some [fusion] power plants on the grid in the next decade,” Moniz said.
Following the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement regarding nuclear fusion, President and CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative Ernest Moniz said: “The first laboratory demonstration of net energy gain by fusing hydrogen isotopes is a major physics accomplishment—a necessary step on the long road to a fusion power plant.”
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The Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) has proposed creating a federal agency to execute large-scale carbon removal in the CO2-Secure report that it released in December. This would be a follow-on to proposed carbon dioxide removal legislation that is before Congress.
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At the event launching the Energy Futures Initiative’s (EFI) CO2-Secure proposal for large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in the United States, event panelists discussed the need for CDR to be seen as a “public good” and to start building the will for a carbon procurement bill.
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In December, the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) hosted a launch event for our CO2-Secure proposal, which outlines how the United States could engage in large-scale, long-term carbon removal. EFI’s President and CEO Ernest Moniz emphasized at the event that this would be a considerable but necessary challenge.
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EFI Advisory Board Chairman Lord John Browne reflects on the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) in the Financial Times. Browne says “pragmatism executed at speed is better than perfection delivered too late” when it comes to limiting global warming.
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On November 16, 2022, Ernest J. Moniz, CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative and the Nuclear Threat initiative, provided testimony about nuclear weapons and energy security as part of a House hearing about Russia’s global influence.
At Columbia’s Global Energy Summit, former energy secretaries Ernest Moniz and Dan Brouillette agreed on almost everything, despite serving under presidents from different political parties. They only diverged on whether the energy transition would be additive or involve displacement of existing fuel sources.