Mark J. Perry

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This photo shows steam escaping from Exelon's nuclear plant in Byron, Ill.

Beltway Confidential

Why are some governments giving taxpayer handouts to nuclear power plants?

Mark J. Perry · October 24, 2017 7:02 pm

As floodwaters rose, major refineries were shut down (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t blame big oil for gas price hikes in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

Mark J. Perry · September 8, 2017 4:21 pm

If small, low-cost reactors catch on in the electricity markets, that would lower the global growth curve for carbon emissions and keep nuclear power alive. In the meantime, forgoing the use of subsidies to save financially-distressed nuclear plants would not only benefit consumers and other electricity producers, but would be in nuclear power's best interests. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

How to manage the implosion of nuclear power

Mark J. Perry · August 4, 2017 5:56 pm

An oil refinery. If foreign vessels were able to ship U.S.-produced oil from Gulf Coast ports to East Coast refineries, it would save U.S. consumers about $1 billion annually. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Beltway Confidential

Meet the Jones Act: A 97-year-old regulatory law that’s costing you money

Mark J. Perry · June 22, 2017 4:01 am

Subsidizing what isn’t working —" and putting off needed innovations in the design and construction of nuclear plants —" is not the answer. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

Beltway Confidential

Why a multibillion-dollar bailout for nuclear plants would be a colossal blunder

Mark J. Perry · May 16, 2017 3:39 pm

today's most productive energy workers are in coal and natural gas, not solar. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Beltway Confidential

Today’s most productive energy workers are in coal and gas, not solar

Mark J. Perry · May 3, 2017 7:19 pm

Closing the "gender pay gap" can really only be achieved by closing the "gender occupational fatality gap." (iStock)

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Equal Pay Day activists should admit there’s a huge gender gap in workplace deaths

Mark J. Perry · April 3, 2017 7:00 pm

International trade with the rest of the world is a vital part of the U.S. economy and has a positive impact on each of our 50 states. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Beltway Confidential

MAPS: Every state’s top foreign trading partner for imports and exports in 2016

Mark J. Perry · March 2, 2017 9:46 pm

Shale development provides an important and increasingly necessary alternative.Â (AP Photo/Jon Super)

On energy security, Obama should follow David Cameron’s example

Mark J. Perry · October 30, 2015 4:01 am

Sunday Reflection: Gas prices are complex, but not mysterious

Mark J. Perry · April 14, 2012 4:00 am