By promoting an innovation-led, “all of the above” strategy, Congress can continue to unleash ways for America’s energy sector to meet families’ needs while charting a path forward on environmental progress.
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2023 Farm Bill: Feeding the nation through working lands conservation
"The farm bill is one of the few remaining bipartisan endeavors left in Washington, and it’s critically important to the livelihood of farmers and ranchers, rural economies, wildlife conservation and our nation’s food supply. With a continued focus on agricultural conservation in the 2023 Farm Bill package, Congress can demonstrate its intent to support the men and women who feed our nation while facilitating the collaborative work championed by conservation organizations."
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An Informed Climate and Energy Policy is Not “Anti-Science”
The way that humanity is going to handle climate change is not by creating conflict, but by working together to solve problems.
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Manchin, Westerman plot new push for permitting reform
"'If we want to get it on President [Joe] Biden’s desk, we’re going to have to have Democrats on board,' Westerman told E&E News earlier in the week. 'Do I think we can pass something without Democrat support here in the House? Sure. But you can’t pass it out of the Senate without Democrat support.'"
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Permitting Reform is Starting to Become a Bipartisan Priority
With bipartisan support for policies in the climate and energy space seeming to be few and far between, it is encouraging to see both sides of the aisle come together and recognize the need to modernize our country’s permitting process.
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Legalize clean energy projects
"We must legalize clean energy development. Through the removal of burdensome regulatory barriers and expediting the approval process, we will reduce emissions and fight climate change at a quicker rate than if we do not. Allowing decades of delays and millions of dollars in fees to stand in our way is unacceptable."
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5 Climate Policies for the 118th Congress
"Innovation and creating jobs is part of who we are as Americans. And thanks to exciting new American technology, research at the Department of Energy, and strong bipartisan policies, we are building an amazing new suite of technologies from advanced nuclear, carbon capture for fossil energy and industrial complexes, long-duration energy storage, enhanced geothermal, and so much more."
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Texas Leaders’ Plan to Fight Power Outages Ignores Clean Tech
"Wind energy was running low during the severe Winter Storm Uri, but as it turned out, it wasn’t renewables, but fossil fuels—particularly poorly winterized natural gas systems—that were primarily to blame for the cascading grid collapse that left 10 million people without power and 246 people dead."
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House GOP’s energy agenda is about supply chains
"'Where Republicans and Democrats are coming together, even if they’re using different language on it and goals in total, [it’s that] there’s a need to at least shore up American energy security,' said Drew Bond, president of the right-aligned climate group C3 Solutions."
