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Watch The Next Energy Secretary Talk Energy And The Environment

PRI congratulates our board member Chris Wright for being appointed U.S. Secretary of Energy by President-Elect Trump.

In recognition of his appointment, we present a discussion from a few years back between Secretary-Designate Wright and PRI senior fellow Steven Hayward on energy and the environment, the critical role that oil and gas plays in the modern world and why California and Colorado’s anti-oil and gas laws hurt both their citizens and the environment.

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Market Innovations Can Make Our Cities Energy Independent
Free Cities Center | Edward Ring | November 15, 2024

A revolution in urban planning is well under way, driven by advances in wastewater recycling and runoff harvesting, along with waste-to-energy technologies and indoor agriculture.

But perhaps the biggest and most unheralded breakthrough is the potential of photovoltaic and electricity storage technology.

Prices have plummeted in recent years and there is no end in sight.

It is no longer a stretch to imagine that for every essential – water, food, waste management and energy – urban areas can achieve near autarky.

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When Ambition And Ideology Outpace Reality And Prudent Policymaking
Right By The Bay | Kerry Jackson | November 20, 2024

Turns out the electric trucks aren’t selling well, so manufacturers will be able to build more diesel trucks than regulations were allowing them to.

Yet again, the state tacitly acknowledges that its net-zero ambitions are unrealistic.

It was a lesson learned late, though. Several states that followed the California model have backed off their agenda.

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You are invited to attend the:

PRI and Claremont Institute Present A Festschrift Dinner Celebration For Charles R. Kesler

Thursday, December 12, 2024
6:15PM at The Pacific Club

4110 Macarthur Boulevard
Newport Beach, CA

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