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By Jennifer T. Gordon

The US president signed four executive orders on May 23 intended to usher in an “American nuclear renaissance.”
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Amb. Richard L. Morningstar’s address to the 2019 Gas Asia Summit

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Replace the Inflation Reduction Act with FUEL-AI

By Joseph Webster

To compete in the global AI race, the United States must dramatically expand its power supply. Replacing the Inflation Reduction Act with the FUEL-AI Act would reorient energy policy toward national security, fast-tracking domestic energy production and infrastructure to power America’s AI future.
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Amb. Richard L. Morningstar’s address to the 2019 Gas Asia Summit

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To build tomorrow’s power grid, the United States should look to geothermal energy

By Sudeep Kanungo, Will LaRivee

Geothermal energy offers a promising solution for stable, reliable baseload power. But to unlock its full potential, the US government must take action to reduce the barriers to entry for industry.
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Feb 25, 2026

Can Project Vault fortify the US industrial base against mineral chokepoints?

By Morgan D. Bazilian and Lt. Col. Jahara “FRANKY” Matisek

Project Vault will help the United States create a stockpile of critical minerals, but its success as a strategic asset will depend on its governance.

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Feb 17, 2026

Key questions on how Project Vault can secure minerals supplies

By Evan Musolino

The US plan to stockpile critical minerals is moving forward, but the details of its purpose, design, and usage have yet to be shared. Here are key areas to watch.

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How Europe can shape—not fear—the US ‘hydrocarbon-state’

By Michał Kurtyka and Mateusz Kędzierski

The emergence of the United States as a hydrocarbon-state that combines resource abundance with geopolitical power represents an opportunity for Europe.

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Oct 31, 2019

Amb. Richard L. Morningstar’s address to the 2019 Gas Asia Summit

By Richard L. Morningstar

If the story of the last decade in natural gas has been a production boom, the story of the next decade will be how that production can support Asia’s demand boom. The opportunities are immense—the challenges are as well.

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Oct 30, 2019

Bell quoted in Smart Energy International on the new Siemens and the Ponemon Institute report, decarbonization, and vulnerabilities to cyberattacks.

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Oct 30, 2019

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Oct 30, 2019

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Oct 29, 2019

Financing The Energy Transition

By Global Business & Economics

EIB President, Werner Hoyer, and a panel of experts discussed the importance of the clean energy alternatives, the obstacles the global economy faces and some new policy proposals introduced to ease the transition

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Oct 29, 2019

Morningstar joins CNBC to discuss stability of Asia’s oil supply

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Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Europe’s ‘green deal’ requires radical change

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Oct 24, 2019

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Oct 23, 2019

Morningstar in Kyiv Post: Don’t disrupt support for Ukraine’s energy independence

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Oct 22, 2019

Don’t let the impeachment inquiry interfere with support for Ukraine’s energy independence

By Richard L. Morningstar

We must not lose sight of the fact that an independent Ukraine has been a basic bipartisan tenet of American foreign policy since it broke away from the Soviet Union almost thirty years ago. Reform of Ukraine’s energy sector has been an integral part of that policy, and we cannot let our current domestic political dynamic disrupt a monumental decision point that will determine the future of that industry.

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