"The 250% residential demand spike during Uri could have been mitigated dramatically if Texas proactively funded efficiency incentives and adopted tighter building codes. Those actions are cheap - all of the homes in Texas could be winterized for less than the $50 billion in power price premiums paid out during Uri. Beyond lowering electricity demand, winterization measures would lower consumers’ utility bills while making their homes more comfortable."
Senator Shelley Moore Capito Leads to ADVANCE Nuclear Energy
The ADVANCE Act, which enjoys bipartisan, bicameral support, would reduce timelines for nuclear projects to come online and strengthen American leadership in nuclear energy innovation
Restoring America’s Nuclear Energy Leadership
"As our nation charts energy policy for the 21st century, nuclear must play a leading role to ensure global competitiveness and American energy dominance. Nuclear energy will no doubt play an essential role in the United States' clean energy future, and we must pave the way. I believe we can do it with bipartisan cooperation."
Durable Climate Solutions Require Bipartisan Consensus
Cross-aisle cooperation is the path toward long-lasting acceptance of environmental stewardship and climate responsibility that is consistent with human flourishing and upward mobility.
A Mineral Strategy for American Security
"Beijing’s domination of critical minerals gives it the power to disrupt our daily lives and threaten our national security. Rather than drag our feet as China progresses, let’s work together to make a change."
By not updating offshore leasing plan, Biden undercuts conservation projects
"The LWCF supports the preservation of our country’s most cherished outdoor areas, and we are calling on the Department of Interior to move swiftly to implement a new 5-year offshore leasing program to protect the LWCF, and with it, the thousands of parks, pools, and recreational centers that allow us to enjoy the great outdoors in all its glory."
Economic Cooling Won’t Stop Global Warming
Public focus on extreme weather and heat waves shouldn’t be a problem for conservatives but an opportunity to win the argument about what to do next.
Why I Didn’t Pick a Gas Stove (and the Importance of Having that Freedom)
If a conservative from Oklahoman can opt for an electric range over natural gas, then policymakers should unleash American innovation and see what happens when consumers have more and better choices.
How environmental groups fuel forest fires
"Too often, their work is made much more difficult — if not impossible — by far-left environmental groups who use strategic lawsuits to prevent forest management activities from taking place. It’s time that elected officials in the nation’s capital put an end to these abusive lawsuits or, at a minimum, roll back some of the worst impacts."
Direct air capture pact gets bipartisan backing
"Wyoming’s accessible permanent geologic storage and existing infrastructure and Colorado’s developing policy environment to 'evaluate the regulatory, economic, technological, and research opportunities in the carbon dioxide removal and direct air capture area,' are cited as driving forces behind the partnership."
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