ENERGY BRIEFING: Lucas Wants Clean Energy Research Investment

The top Republican on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee wants to dramatically accelerate investment in research and technology to help the country and economy transition over the long-term to cleaner energy.

“If we don’t spend the money now, if we are not engaged, heaven forbid anybody else in the world comes up with a technology first and we’re not at least a part of it,” said Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), who has been a member of the Science panel for two decades. “We’ll be left behind in a way that we can never catch up. I can’t ...