"Reestablishing American leadership on climate change would build good will among our allies, check China’s greenwashed expansionism, and allow us to guide the response to an issue that will significantly shape geopolitics in the 21st century."
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Climate Debate Needs More Focus on Resilience, Less on Politics
"The sky is not falling. We do not need to restructure our entire economic system, nor can we tax our way to a solution. What we can do is harness the power of nature and combine it with the power of technology."
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Senators Braun and Coons Prove Bipartisan Progress is Possible on Climate
Senator Braun’s leadership, courage and willingness to offer conservative solutions shows that this is no longer a one-party issue.
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Fix Flood Insurance Before It Swamps The Federal Budget Again
"So, even if you don’t live on a barrier island in the Atlantic but instead in the dry expanse of the Arizona desert, you’re on the hook for flooding anywhere in the U.S. Even worse is that NFIP is $36 billion in debt, and that amount increases each year."
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Appalachian-Area Candidates Are Campaigning To Create Clean Energy Jobs For Struggling Families
“But there’s a new promise — and it’s coming from some unexpected corners: coal country, which has office-seekers campaigning to create green energy jobs by attracting investment and retraining workers.”
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Energy efficiency can help rebuild NC’s economy
“When customers of power companies participate in energy efficiency measures, they use less electricity and save more money… A new report shows it might just help rebuild North Carolina’s COVID-19-ravaged economy, too.”
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Xi Jinping as an environmentalist? C’mon, man!
“If the past is any guide, Xi won’t risk an economic slowdown, and his grip on power, over environmental issues, any more than he will risk liberalizing China’s human rights restrictions."
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We Don’t Need to Be Forced to Care About the Planet
“Crucially, none of these monumental steps forward in the fight against climate change were government-mandated. Private companies are voluntarily shifting towards more environmentally-friendly ways of operating.”
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Idaho Project a Flashpoint of Environmentalists’ Drag on Economic Progress
“Despite the misinformation regarding mining being promulgated by its environmentalist opponents, Midas Gold’s proposal would use modern, heavily regulated mining to responsibly extract hundreds of millions of pounds of valuable domestic resources. Proceeds of the mining activities would also be used to reclaim the land and water damaged by earlier and largely unregulated mining.”
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California’s Misguided Electric Vehicle Policies
“If California’s elected officials are serious about transitioning to EVs by 2035, more EV chargers will be needed. The best way and most consumer-friendly way to get more EV chargers is to work with the private market to get more private capital invested in charging. But, to do that, the state should stop approving utility companies that want to increase the bills of their customers to cover the cost of EV charging.”
