Duggan Flanakin

Duggan Flanakin is the Director of Policy Research at the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history of his multifaceted career appears in his book, "Infinite Galaxies: Poems from the Dugout."

Trump’s approach to Africa: Just what the doctor ordered

Sixteen years ago, Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo published Dead Aid, where she demonstrated an inverse relationship between receipt of government-to-government aid and economic growth and prosperity. Government-to-government aid, she said, fuels corruption, encourages inflation, increases recipient nations’ debt load, kills exports, causes civil unrest, frustrates entrepreneurship, and disenfranchises citizens. Moyo’s better idea was freer trade (European

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Nuclear Energy Projects Moving Forward Quickly Now

Less than two weeks after President Trump signed a series of executive orders intended to “usher in a nuclear energy renaissance” in the United States, major nuclear energy projects have suddenly moved forward. The bureaucracies at the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, long known for stalling nuclear projects, seem to have undergone

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NEPA Reform Time

A law designed to protect the environment has been harming Americans for decades. Now it’s time to fix it. On Billie Joe McAllister Day, the U.S. Supreme Court shockingly issued an 8-0 decision (Justice Gorsuch abstaining) that substantially limits the scope of the 55-year-old National Environmental Policy Act, the nation’s foundational environmental law. The decision

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Trump Takes Steps Toward a Nuclear Future

President Donald Trump, surrounded by Cabinet officials and representatives of the U.S. nuclear industry, signed five executive orders on May 23 that he believes will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance in the United States and restore “gold standard science” in federal decision making. Regulatory overkill has been identified as the chief reason (along with

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Western Green Mandates Push Africa Toward Moscow

African Energy Chamber founder and executive director NJ Ayuk is tired of European and American green energy pontificators demanding that Africa forgo developing its oil, coal, natural gas, and even nuclear resources. Maybe that’s why Ayuk has led a delegation to Moscow to secure energy partnerships. An AEC press release notes that the visit aligns with its

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The Future of Clean Energy Looks Increasingly Nuclear

When New York Governor Kathy Hochul, whose state has banned natural gas pipelines because “climate change,” goes all in for nuclear energy, you know the revolution is under way. For decades, the anti-nuclear movement moved from protesting nuclear weapons to oppose nuclear energy as well. But not today. Gov. Hochul, in an adjunct to her

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Africans Are Regaining Control Over Their Mineral Wealth

The announcement of the inaugural African Mining Week (AMW 2025), to be celebrated in Cape Town alongside Africa Energy Week (AEW 2025) in early October, is a clear signal that Africans are exercising new muscle toward regaining control of the continent’s vast mineral resources. The event, sponsored by the Africa-focused global investment platform Energy Capital & Power,

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