Author: Nick Loris

In our new report, the Climate and Freedom Agenda, we advance a set of energy, environment, and climate solutions that would work for all Americans.

While the U.S. can’t control supply disruptions in other countries or when demand increases in India, there are policy levers Congress and the administration can pull to help in the short and intermediate run.

Bold climate action will come by addressing the underlying systemic regulatory problems that stall green growth.

Capitalizing on America’s resource abundance and human ingenuity advances our economic, energy security, and environmental goals.

Last week I had the honor of testifying before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on the importance of investing in America’s ecosystems. Investing in nature-based solutions is one of the most cost-effective tools that we have to reduce the impacts of climate change. 

The Biden administration recognizing that active forest management will reduce wildfire risks is a positive development. Congress providing $3 billion in funding toward preventative treatment is another positive development.

The roadmap away from Russia is diversification and choice.

Families and businesses want affordable, dependable power; however, improving the reliability of the grid in response to Texas’s winter storm should effectively correct for any specific problems rather than unnecessarily overhauling the entire market structure.

With respect to solar tariffs, the best option for President Biden is to sit back and let them expire.

Removing domestic and global barriers to innovation, investment and deployment would really make 2022 the year of climate action.