As the second year of President Trump’s second term gets underway, the Department of Interior (DOI) has the responsibility to achieve two of the administration’s priorities: Expanding energy dominance and Making America Beautiful Again. Here are five practical things DOI should pursue to achieve energy dominance, address the affordability crisis, and improve conservation efforts.
Ringing in the new year in Washington is often accompanied by the hope that your “fill-in-the-blank” long-stalled policy priority finally makes headway. When it comes to forest management, Congress can’t afford another year of delay.
Last fall, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the audience at Senator John Curtis’ conservative climate summit that “nuclear is going to become sexy again.” For policy wonks and proponents of modernizing outdated nuclear regulation, there may be nothing sexier than reforming ALARA.
At the C3 American Leadership in Energy Innovation Summit, Chris Wright laid out the administration’s energy agenda with clarity. His message wasn’t about new mandates or distant, hard-to-achieve targets. It was about throughput—how fast the U.S. can actually build.
Heather Reams wrote on permitting reform for RealClearEnergy here. Key points include:
From global pandemics to port congestion, extreme weather and rising transportation costs—our nation’s supply chains have been put to a severe test. New analysis from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) shows that some freight networks are inherently more stable during these disruptions.
One year ago, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a small brush fire broke out in Topanga State Park above the Pacific Palisades outside Los Angeles. Within hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) arrived on scene and began digging handlines to stop its spread. The eight-acre fire—ignited by a 29-year-old former Palisades resident, who...
Advocates of large-scale transmission expansion have recited a simple slogan for years: There is no transition without transmission. By this, they mean that the shift to renewable energy will require vast new power lines. Whatever one thinks of climate policy, that argument no longer carries much weight. The relevant question now is whether building more transmission will make electricity more affordable.
Regenerative agriculture has recently become one of the most talked-about concepts in food and farm policy. It’s praised in speeches, debated on panels, and increasingly referenced in federal programs. But amid all the hype, many are asking: What is regenerative agriculture? Field to Market, a non-profit organization representing nearly 200 organizations from all sectors of...
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