Infrastructure
How can we make it easier to build things in the world of atoms?
Construction productivity has actually fallen over the last 50 years in the U.S. And with the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science Act, hundreds of billions in public investment will be spent in the coming decade on energy, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical areas of American infrastructure.
We need to unblock the bottlenecks to building, ensuring that public money translates into real physical infrastructure that benefits Americans.
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Call for Proposals: The Transit Policy Playbook
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How Section 901 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Reduces Housing Supply
An amendment can preserve ROAD's housing goals
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Fast and Secure Grid Interconnection for American AI Leadership
IFP’s comments on FERC’s proposed rules for “large loads” like AI data centers
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Breaking the NEPA Litigation Doom Loop
By reforming remedies in NEPA cases
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How to Create Real Permitting Certainty
How the FREEDOM Act can unlock permitting reform
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Emerging Technology
How to Implement an Operation Warp Speed for Rare Earths
A coordinated, whole-of-government effort to secure America’s rare earth supply chain
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Infrastructure
Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
Climate advocates must double down on pragmatic industrial strategies to make clean energy a winning business for all
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Why FORGE Works
The Department of Energy's experiment in geothermal energy continues to pay off
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How to Prevent Federal Judges From Killing New Energy Projects
Giving courts four years to block a project can pave the way for permitting reform
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How the White House Can Reform NEPA
Three steps the Council on Environmental Quality can take to fix our environmental permitting process.
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Emerging Technology
Compute in America: A Policy Playbook
How to rapidly build gigawatt-scale AI clusters in the United States
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Infrastructure
Leveraging LIHTC for Housing Abundance
Realigning federal subsidies will increase housing supply in America’s big cities
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Emerging Technology
How to Build the Future of AI in the United States
Part Two of Compute in America
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Infrastructure
How NEPA Will Tax Clean Energy
The National Environmental Policy Act has become a barrier to environmental policy
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Emerging Technology
Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home
A new series from the Institute for Progress
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Infrastructure
Seven Frequently Asked Questions About NEPA
Debunking common myths about the National Environmental Policy Act
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