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Environment
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Policy Memo
Maintaining American Leadership through Early-Stage Research in Methane Removal

A deeper understanding of methane could help scientists better address these impacts – including potentially through methane removal.

06.30.25 | 6 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Measuring and Standardizing AI’s Energy and Environmental Footprint to Accurately Access Impacts

Inconsistent metrics and opaque reporting make future AI power‑demand estimates extremely uncertain, leaving grid planners in the dark and climate targets on the line

06.27.25 | 15 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Speed Grid Connection Using ‘Smart AI Fast Lanes’ and Competitive Prizes

Federal and state governments need to ensure that the development of new AI and data center infrastructure does not increase costs for consumers, impact the environment, and exacerbate existing inequalities.

06.27.25 | 10 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
A Holistic Framework for Measuring and Reporting AI’s Impacts to Build Public Trust and Advance AI 

As AI becomes more capable and integrated throughout the United States economy, its growing demand for energy, water, land, and raw materials is driving significant economic and environmental costs, from increased air pollution to higher costs for ratepayers.

06.26.25 | 15 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Advance AI with Cleaner Air and Healthier Outcomes

Without robust transparency and community engagement mechanisms, communities housing data center facilities are left with little influence or recourse over developments that may significantly affect their health and environment.

06.26.25 | 8 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Unlocking AI’s Grid Modernization Potential

Surging energy demand and increasingly frequent extreme weather events are bringing new challenges to the forefront of electric grid planning, permitting, operations, and resilience.

06.25.25 | 11 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Enhancing US Power Grid by using AI to Accelerate Permitting

Many of the projects that would deliver the energy to meet rising demand are in the interconnection queue, waiting to be built. AI can improve both the speed and the cost of connecting new projects to the grid.

06.24.25 | 14 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Transform Communities By Adaptive Reuse of Legacy Coal Infrastructure to Support AI Data Centers

The decline of the coal industry in the late 20th century led to the dismantling of the economic engine of American coal communities. The AI boom of the 21st century can reinvigorate these areas if harnessed appropriately.

06.23.25 | 13 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Moving Beyond Pilot Programs to Codify and Expand Continuous AI Benchmarking in Testing and Evaluation

At this inflection point, the choice is not between speed and safety but between ungoverned acceleration and a calculated momentum that allows our strategic AI advantage to be both sustained and secured.

06.11.25 | 12 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Develop a Risk Assessment Framework for AI Integration into Nuclear Weapons Command, Control, and Communications Systems

Improved detection could strengthen deterrence, but only if accompanying hazards—automation bias, model hallucinations, exploitable software vulnerabilities, and the risk of eroding assured second‑strike capability—are well managed.

06.11.25 | 8 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
A National Center for Advanced AI Reliability and Security

A dedicated and properly resourced national entity is essential for supporting the development of safe, secure, and trustworthy AI to drive widespread adoption, by providing sustained, independent technical assessments and emergency coordination.

06.11.25 | 10 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
A Grant Program to Enhance State and Local Government AI Capacity and Address Emerging Threats

Congress should establish a new grant program, coordinated by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to assist state and local governments in addressing AI challenges.

06.11.25 | 8 min read
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