Mark J. Perry

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The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is seen along the Susquehanna River near Middletown, Pa., on March 28, 2004, the 25th anniversary of the nation's worst nuclear accident.

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Nuclear power’s demise can’t be stopped

Mark J. Perry · June 29, 2018 2:45 pm

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Electric vehicles don’t mean the end of oil

Mark J. Perry · May 31, 2018 8:42 pm

U.S. President Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the G20 Summit, in Hamburg.

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A small mistake in NAFTA negotiations could have a chilling effect on US investment abroad

Mark J. Perry · April 28, 2018 4:00 am

A supermoon undergoes a partial eclipse as it sets beyond gas refineries at sunrise in St. Charles Parish, La.

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On Earth Day, let’s appreciate fossil fuels

Mark J. Perry · April 20, 2018 8:03 pm

A Tesla battery pack is displayed during a media tour of the new Tesla Motors Inc., Gigafactory Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Sparks, Nev. It's Tesla Motors biggest bet yet: a massive, $5 billion factory in the Nevada desert that could almost double the world's production of lithium-ion batteries by 2018.

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Without reform, wave goodbye to electric vehicle and battery manufacturing jobs as they go overseas

Mark J. Perry · April 16, 2018 6:28 pm

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Fewer companies are going public, and that’s a problem for the little guy

Mark J. Perry · April 3, 2018 7:18 pm

This June 13, 2014, file photo shows construction on a new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga.

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The era of conventional nuclear power may be ending

Mark J. Perry · March 22, 2018 5:04 pm

Throughout his first year in office, President Trump promised to make the U.S. the dominant producer of oil and natural gas in the world. His new tariffs could derail that. (iStock)

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Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs could seriously derail his “Energy Dominance” agenda

Mark J. Perry · March 7, 2018 12:38 am

Divestment in energy companies will not curb carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

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The futility (and worse) of divestment from oil and gas

Mark J. Perry · January 29, 2018 7:13 pm

Public pension managers are increasingly using the funds entrusted to them for their own political agendas, with dangerous financial consequences for entire generations of workers. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

Financial performance, not politics, matters most to America’s pension holders

Mark J. Perry · January 12, 2018 5:01 am

Using politics to avoid competition would have a negative impact on the U.S. economy and the travel and tourism industry more broadly. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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American, United, and Delta airlines should compete instead of crying to Uncle Sam for help

Mark J. Perry · December 21, 2017 5:12 pm

If the U.S. expects to compete in the global LNG market, Congress should pass legislation to create a more certain regulatory process for processing and issuing LNG export permits. (AP Photo/Matt Houston)

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A new energy milestone, thanks to natural gas

Mark J. Perry · November 13, 2017 7:07 pm