Author: Nick Loris

The America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act includes many practical measures to protect America’s forests, create collaborative efforts with local governments and the private sector and provide research programs to better understand the economic, environmental and climate impacts of better forest and rangeland management.

Agricultural subsidies stifle innovation, distort markets and have negative environmental impacts.

The immediate focus should be to help those communities in need. Policymakers must implement reforms today that will pave the way for tomorrow’s resilient infrastructure.

We cannot ignore the current and future impact of climate change on wildfires and other extreme weather events. But focusing solely on climate change misses the forest for the trees. If we ignore forest management and restoration, we’ll have far fewer of them.

The bill takes important steps forward on energy research, development and demonstration, environmental conservation and remediation and improving several regulatory processes.

Rather than inflict economically harmful taxes and regulations, policymakers should work make decarbonization a competitive advantage, not a handicap. Innovative companies can deliver affordable, reliable energy and reduce emissions.

Being tough on China is not downplaying the risks of climate change or the role that China plays as the world’s largest emitter. It’s operating in the real world.