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Is It Time For The Nuclear Option In The AI Race?
by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Caller
AI needs vast amounts of electricity, more than America can reliably deliver. That is becoming hard to miss as data centers spread across the country to feed the AI boom. The trouble is that America has not built enough dependable power for them, much less for the factories, defense production and mineral-processing projects politicians keep promising to bring home.
Why Gas Prices Are So High in California
by Katy Grimes, Senior Media Fellow, as appearing in the California Globe
While national crude prices set the floor, California’s taxes, climate rules, unique fuel special blend, and diminished refining system raise the price per gallon. California gas is expensive for two overlapping reasons: it is structurally more costly than in most other states even in normal times, and the 2026 global oil shock has hit the state harder than the rest of the country.
For A.I., off-grid may be the elegant solution
by Greg Walcher, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Sentinel
More than 100 cities and counties have imposed moratoriums on AI data centers, and the state of New York has banned new ones altogether. Fourteen other states considered bans this year and while 13 of those failed, they will be back — because Gallup polls show 71% of Americans now oppose data centers in their neighborhoods.
Corporate America’s China addiction has become a national security threat
by Steve Milloy, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing on FoxNews.com
The American economy is dangerously reliant on Communist China. Many in government and business know this, but hardly anyone has done anything about it.
Seeking more durable Colorado River solutions
by Greg Walcher, Senior Policy Fellow, as appearing in the Daily Sentinel
There have been more articles and editorials about the Colorado River in the last two years than in the preceding two decades, because of the seven Basin states’ failure to reach agreement on future management of a dwindling water supply. Seeing no better option, the Interior Department published its “final” decision on management of Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and other major federal reservoirs over the next decade.
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