R&D is fundamental for American competitiveness, meeting the world’s energy needs, and addressing the risks that climate change poses.
The Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal in Reducing Emissions
In a new report Phillip Rossetti of R Street and Nick Loris of C3 Solutions explore the role that CDR can play in reducing emissions and addressing climate change.
It’s Time to Repeal the Jones Act
With immediate fixes for high prices in short supply, policymakers can deliver energy relief by repealing the antiquated Jones Act.
Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability Are Compatible
"There is more than enough clean energy to power the world — let’s stop pretending that we have to regress as a species to save the environment. Pursuing a policy of clean energy abundance by incentivizing free market investment can enable us to continue decreasing emissions and lifting billions out of poverty."
America’s Suicidal Energy Policy Has Very Real Costs
"The West has surrendered wise policy—or even simply non-suicidal policy—in favor of allegiance to pipe dreams. Then we wonder just why reality seems to keep collapsing in on us like an abandoned house."
Rep. Dan Newhouse Shows that Climate Solutions Can Benefit Rural America
Through pragmatic approaches such as these, Rep. Newhouse is showing that climate solutions can and should benefit rural America.
Countering OPEC+ Requires a Change in Posture and Policy
Rather than casting misplaced blame, the way for President Biden to give consumers confidence and to combat OPEC+ is to empower American energy producers and innovators.
For The U.S., There Is No Net-Zero Without Major Permitting Reform
"We’ve installed a labyrinthine permit approval process that drastically stalls or outright blocks important infrastructure projects from ever getting constructed. The average is nearly five years and $4.2 million just to complete the review process, that is before developers can even start building. The median Environmental Impact Statement is more than 600 pages long."
Biden Administration Desperately Cozies Up To Venezuela
"Two years of oil and gas restrictions, reduced refinery capacity, and political and social pressure on companies across the value chain of oil and gas have affected America’s ability to raise output quickly in the face of rising oil prices. It’s not too late to lower oil prices, but it will have to start at home."
Three Seas Initiative Could Save Europe From Energy Crisis
Washington should take the Three Seas Initiative seriously and readopt the win-win foreign policy agenda that the Trump administration had advocated just a few years ago.