Manufacturing Talks
There are millions of cool stories in manufacturing. Your host, Jim Vinoski, helps share them by talking to the people who are making them happen. Manufacturing is where the rubber meets the road. There's no hiding. You're either making good products people will buy for enough to keep you in business, or you're not. Meet the amazing folks who thrive in that survival-of-the-fittest world.
Manufacturing Talks
Author Paul Tice brings us good news about regulations, ESG, and the Endangerment Finding
Paul Tice, author of *The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial System,* recently wrote an article about the Trump administration's plan to do away with the EPA's Obama-era Endangerment Finding that classed CO2 as a pollutant. He joined us to dive into that excellent news as well as other heartening developments regarding regulations in general.
Paul, a senior fellow at the National Center for Energy Analytics, discussed the recent developments in energy policy and regulations. In addition to highlighting the EPA's proposal to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding, he emphasized the need for a unified national energy policy and criticized state-level regulations. He also discussed the potential for a nuclear renaissance, advocating for large reactors and private equity involvement. Paul also expressed optimism about the current administration's direction but warned that significant efforts are needed to address remaining regulations and legal challenges.
Here are some vital links:
The article we mentioned up above about the Endangerment Finding proposal: https://tinyurl.com/mudh64e9
Paul's book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-race-to-zero-paul-h-tice/1143943099
Paul's latest National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA) report, “A Strategy for Financing the Nuclear Future,” which lays out their recommendations for breaking the current logjam around restarting nuclear construction in the U.S.: https://energyanalytics.org/financing-the-nuclear-future/