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\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nRepublican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nAccording to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nAdditionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nAccording to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nNow, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nFears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nIn an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBallard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nBut it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nTrump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nAccording to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nIn an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nhe said in a February interview with Punchbowl News. One of the proponents of the stablecoin bill, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told Semafor on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"This is not one where I would be inclined to change my long-stated view,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he said in a February interview with Punchbowl News. One of the proponents of the stablecoin bill, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told Semafor on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\n\"This is not one where I would be inclined to change my long-stated view,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he said in a February interview with Punchbowl News. One of the proponents of the stablecoin bill, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told Semafor on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nHill has been a strong opponent of Marshall and Durbin's bill and doesn't appear to be going anywhere: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"This is not one where I would be inclined to change my long-stated view,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he said in a February interview with Punchbowl News. One of the proponents of the stablecoin bill, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told Semafor on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe inclusion of the credit card amendment \"puts me on the spot, doesn't it?\" asked Durbin, who is against the larger stablecoin plan. However, with 69 senators voting to advance it on Wednesday and 60 senators needing to vote to pass it, the crypto measure doesn't have much space to lose support. Because of this, the majority of the sector is cautious of frightening off Republican politicians like Tillis. Supporters are optimistic that French Hill, R-Ark., the Financial Services Chair, would pass the bill unaltered in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hill has been a strong opponent of Marshall and Durbin's bill and doesn't appear to be going anywhere: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"This is not one where I would be inclined to change my long-stated view,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he said in a February interview with Punchbowl News. One of the proponents of the stablecoin bill, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told Semafor on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\nThe cryptocurrency sector is currently subtly urging its supporters on Capitol Hill<\/a> to prevent the amendment from being put to a vote. Some in the business argue that more Democrats may support the swipe charge measure if it were approved by a simple majority vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inclusion of the credit card amendment \"puts me on the spot, doesn't it?\" asked Durbin, who is against the larger stablecoin plan. However, with 69 senators voting to advance it on Wednesday and 60 senators needing to vote to pass it, the crypto measure doesn't have much space to lose support. Because of this, the majority of the sector is cautious of frightening off Republican politicians like Tillis. Supporters are optimistic that French Hill, R-Ark., the Financial Services Chair, would pass the bill unaltered in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hill has been a strong opponent of Marshall and Durbin's bill and doesn't appear to be going anywhere: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"This is not one where I would be inclined to change my long-stated view,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he said in a February interview with Punchbowl News. One of the proponents of the stablecoin bill, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told Semafor on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\n\"We still haven't made a decision. Marshall said to Semafor on Wednesday, \"We're still measuring twice before we cut once.\" He claimed he hadn't determined how to handle the amendment and didn't want to talk about it any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cryptocurrency sector is currently subtly urging its supporters on Capitol Hill<\/a> to prevent the amendment from being put to a vote. Some in the business argue that more Democrats may support the swipe charge measure if it were approved by a simple majority vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inclusion of the credit card amendment \"puts me on the spot, doesn't it?\" asked Durbin, who is against the larger stablecoin plan. However, with 69 senators voting to advance it on Wednesday and 60 senators needing to vote to pass it, the crypto measure doesn't have much space to lose support. Because of this, the majority of the sector is cautious of frightening off Republican politicians like Tillis. Supporters are optimistic that French Hill, R-Ark., the Financial Services Chair, would pass the bill unaltered in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hill has been a strong opponent of Marshall and Durbin's bill and doesn't appear to be going anywhere: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"This is not one where I would be inclined to change my long-stated view,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he said in a February interview with Punchbowl News. One of the proponents of the stablecoin bill, Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., told Semafor on Wednesday, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We're trying to keep this as clean and expedient as possible.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","post_title":"Intense lobbying erupts over potential pairing of credit card and cryptocurrency legislation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"intense-lobbying-erupts-over-potential-pairing-of-credit-card-and-cryptocurrency-legislation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:46:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7834","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7827,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-22 13:12:32","post_content":"\n
In an effort to improve ties with US President Donald Trump<\/a>, Denmark has enlisted powerful K-Street lobbyists with ties to the Republican Party. According to documents filed under the US State Department's Foreign Agents Registration Act, Mercury Public Affairs and Denmark's ambassador to Washington, Jesper M\u00f8ller S\u00f8rensen, have reached an agreement on a $263,000 contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contract for Mercury will be handled by David Vitter, a former Republican congressman and senator from Louisiana who resigned in 2017 after losing a Louisiana gubernatorial race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the document, the deal included \"providing strategic consulting, public affairs, marketing and communications\" and went into effect on April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The position of Greenland, an autonomous Danish province rich in natural riches that Trump wants to buy, has put Denmark in the sights of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump has refused to rule out military involvement and threatens to impose trade sanctions on Denmark if they refuse to sell, even though Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has stated that Greenland is not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it hasn't been easy to find lobbyists with ties to Republicans to support its cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ballard Partners, a significant Trump fundraiser in<\/a> Florida run by Brian Ballard, rejected Denmark in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an effort to get more access to Trump's inner circle, the European Commission and a few other EU members have also been in discussions with lobby shops in Washington. While appearing to soften US language on Greenland's future in late March, Trump's vice president JD Vance, cautioned that Denmark had \"not done a good job for the people of Greenland.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"This is why Trump's policy is what it is [that Greenland should become part of the US],\" Vance stated while addressing American soldiers at the Pituffik Space Base. The statement \"We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland\" was also included by him. Anti-US sentiment on the Arctic island seems to have increased as a result of Trump's quest for Greenland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fears of losing autonomy to the United States dominated Greenland's general elections in March. The center-right Democrats won the March 11 elections, and its chairman, Jens Frederik Nielsen, stated that the outcome should send a strong message to Trump and the United States: \"We don't want to be Americans.\" No, becoming Danes is not what we desire. Our goal is to become Greenlanders. Additionally, we hope to become independent in the future.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Denmark engages U.S. lobbying firms in context of ongoing tensions over Greenland","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"denmark-engages-u-s-lobbying-firms-in-context-of-ongoing-tensions-over-greenland","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:21:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7827","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7819,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-21 12:55:51","post_content":"\n
The US nuclear sector is stepping up its lobbying efforts to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which it claims are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence<\/a>. The industry was taken aback when members of the House Ways and Means Committee, which drafts tax laws, said on Monday that they will phase out nuclear energy subsidies beginning in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, lobbyists are vying with politicians to reverse or scale down subsidies to the nuclear sector, which, until recently, enjoyed greater bipartisan support than other low-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. Frank Maisano, a partner in the policy and resolution division of the law and lobbying firm Bracewell, predicted a vigorous push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 saw a rise in lobbying expenditures by nuclear businesses and industry associations. The $424,000 spent by Oklo, the nuclear technology startup supported by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, represents a more than 500% annual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Jacob DeWitte, chief executive of Oklo, the ways and means plan \"undermines the momentum\" in the US nuclear industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"The importance of tax credits in reducing the risk of early-stage capital and project developments cannot be overstated. If we want to lead and dominate this market, we must use every tool in our toolbox.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The Nuclear Energy Institute and nuclear reactor companies NuScale Power and TerraPower also upped their expenditures. Constellation Energy, which has teamed up with Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island facility in Pennsylvania, increased its lobbying expenditures by 16<\/a> percent in the first quarter, spending over $1.7 million. Proponents of the industry stated that their goal was to win over moderates who already had nuclear reactors in their states, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, they want to encourage President Donald Trump, who has supported nuclear development, to step in. The government is anticipated to issue an executive order next week that will change federal safety requirements to expedite the building of nuclear power projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Heather Reams, head of the center-right energy advocacy organization Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, \"what came out of ways and means is concerning and disappointing.\" \"When the president weighs in, that will have a lot of sway, but it isn't hitting the mark on what his nuclear goals are.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The timelines proposed in the draft are also anticipated to draw criticism from lobbyists, who claim that they jeopardize the advancement of emerging technologies like small modular reactors (SMRs), which are essential for supplying the energy demand driven by artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"We want to support the nuclear industry,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Republican lobbyist Eric Levine stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\"All the AI technology in the world is useless if we can't power it if we're not bringing energy to the grid.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Some nuclear enterprises, however, see the reduction as a chance to attract private investment to the industry. According to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, \"industries that rely on federal subsidies tend to get stuck in ruts and less favorable towards innovation.\" \"I appreciate the administration's approach to this, which permits it to be quicker and more private.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"US nuclear sector ramps up lobbying to protect IRA subsidies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"us-nuclear-sector-ramps-up-lobbying-to-protect-ira-subsidies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-25 13:02:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7819","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":44},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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