The Ecomodernist
Breakthrough Institute, Fred Stafford, Lauren Teixeira, Ted Nordhaus, Alex Trembath, Alex Smith, Ryan Alimento, Emily Bass, Peter Cook, Spencer Toohill, Elizabeth McCarthy, Marc Levitt, Seaver Wang, Vijaya Ramachandran, Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Matt Hellig, Joy Jiang, Adam SteinBuilding a new environmental paradigm through analyses and essays on politics, nuclear energy, agriculture, critical minerals, permitting reform, and much more. The Ecomodernist is a publication of the Breakthrough Institute.
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The Breakthrough Institute is a global research center that identifies and promotes technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges. Learn more at thebreakthrough.org
STEM professional and independent researcher. @thenation, @jacobin, @catalyst_theory, @TheBTI contributor. @damagemag editor. Interested in decarb, tech, power sector, labor. [email protected]
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Ted Nordhaus is the founder and executive director of the Breakthrough Institute and a co-author of the Ecomodernist Manifesto.
Executive Director at the Breakthrough Institute. Ecomodernist. Promethean Hamiltonian Schumpeterian meliorist.
Alex Smith is the Editorial Director of the Breakthrough Institute
Innovation and decarbonization in heavy industry and infrastructure
Emily Bass is the Director of Federal Policy for Food & Agriculture at the Breakthrough Institute.
Geologist, Researcher, Critical Mineral Policy Adviser
Chief of Staff for Nuclear Energy Innovation @ The Breakthrough Institute
Analyst at The Breakthrough Institute focused on NEPA, permitting reform, and the legal barriers that slow clean energy and infrastructure development.
Dr. Seaver Wang is Co-Director of the Climate and Energy program at the Breakthrough Institute, a global research center that promotes technological solutions to environmental and human-development challenges.
I am an economist, writing about climate, energy and food security.
I write about industrial technology, capital formation, and the uncomfortable gap between invention and deployment. Factories, materials, infrastructure, financing structures, and policy choices.
Energy Innovation Analyst @ The Breakthrough Institute
I work on Technology, energy systems, institutions, and making hard decisions under uncertainty.
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