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Expand capacity and coordination to better integrate community data into environmental governance

The EPA should better integrate community data into environmental research and governance by building internal capacity for recognizing and applying such data, facilitating connections between data communities, and addressing misalignments with data standards.

02.05.24 | 5 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
A Matter of Trust: Helping the Bioeconomy Reach Its Full Potential with Translational Governance

Public trust is the key to unlocking the full potential of the bioeconomy. Without it, the U.S. may fall short of long-term economic goals and biotech leadership.

02.01.24 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Automating Scientific Discovery: A Research Agenda for Advancing Self-Driving Labs

Despite significant advances in scientific tools and methods, the traditional, labor-intensive model of scientific research in materials discovery has seen little innovation.

01.31.24 | 7 min read
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Energy
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Policy Memo
Finding True North: How Community Navigator Programs Can Forward Distributional Justice

Community navigator programs can provide much-needed capacity combined with deep place-based knowledge to create local champions with expertise in accessing federal funding.

01.30.24 | 15 min read
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Energy
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Report
Laying the Foundation for the Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Industry

Cement and concrete production is one of the hardest industries to decarbonize. Using its Other Transactions Authority, DOE could design a demand-support program involving double-sided auctions, contracts for difference, or price and volume guarantees.

01.16.24 | 17 min read
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Energy
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Breaking Ground on Next-Generation Geothermal Energy

Here’s how the Department of Energy can utilize Other Transaction Authority to invest in and kickstart a new era of abundant and firm geothermal energy.

01.08.24 | 17 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Bio x AI: Policy Recommendations for a New Frontier

The landscape of biosecurity risks related to AI is complex and rapidly changing, and understanding the range of issues requires diverse perspectives and expertise. Here are five promising ideas that match the diversity of challenges that AI poses in the life sciences.

12.12.23 | 32 min read
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Energy
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Policy Memo
Connecting Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Resources with Rural-Urban Transmission

The Biden-Harris Administration should facilitate the transition to a clean grid by aggressively supporting utility-scale renewable energy resources in rural areas that are connected to urban centers through modernized high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission.

11.09.23 | 13 min read
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Energy
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Policy Memo
Engaging Coal Communities in Decarbonization Through Nuclear Energy

A just transition from coal to nuclear energy production requires developers to listen and respond to local communities’ concerns and needs through the process of planning, siting, licensing, design, construction, and eventual decommissioning.

11.08.23 | 10 min read
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Education & Workforce
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Policy Memo
Turning Community Colleges into Engines of Economic Mobility and Dynamism

Here is how smart education policy can make community colleges drivers of economic mobility, employment, and dynamism in local communities.

10.31.23 | 17 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
BioNETWORK: The Internet of Distributed Biomanufacturing

The future of industrial growth resides in the establishment of biotechnology as a new pillar of industrial domestic manufacturing. Here’s how BioNETWORK will advance domestic biomanufacturing.

10.10.23 | 10 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Towards a Well-Being Economy: Establishing an American Mental Wealth Observatory

Enhancing recovery rates among individuals grappling with mental health and substance use issues requires a multi-pronged approach.

09.18.23 | 10 min read
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