"The National Flood Insurance Program—the main provider of flood coverage in the U.S., with more than five million policies—is rolling out an overhauled pricing method starting Friday in an effort to reflect more accurately the flood risk that individual properties face. The issue has gained importance with climate change, which scientists say is fueling sea-level rise and contributing to more-severe weather."
Harness market wisdom for lower-cost electricity
"Having multiple competing suppliers generates real electricity price competition, as well as competition over quality, reliability and satisfaction of other customer preferences like environmental protection."
Investing in America’s Forests is Key to Improving Environmental Health
The America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act includes many practical measures to protect America’s forests, create collaborative efforts with local governments and the private sector and provide research programs to better understand the economic, environmental and climate impacts of better forest and rangeland management.
Biden’s Energy Price Shock
The Wall Street Journal‘s Editorial Board writes on Biden’s energy price shock. “Europe’s climate follies have created fuel shortages and price spikes that are rippling through global energy markets. Demand for liquefied natural gas in Europe has soared due to waning wind production, the shutdown of coal and nuclear plants, and lower Russian gas deliveries....
Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation
PERC CEO Brian Yablonski joins the Land Ethic podcast to discuss how markets can provide more sustainable conservation. “PERC CEO Brian Yablonski joins Dylan Bagnasco of the Land Ethic podcast to discuss free market environmentalism. Brian notes that a market-based approach to conservation will be more sustainable and insulated from fickle political winds.” Listen to...
U.S. eyes wetland restoration as hedge against climate change
"Federal scientists are studying whether heat-trapping carbon dioxide can be sucked out of the atmosphere and sequestered in restored salt marshes, sea grass beds and mangrove swamps. And those wetlands can in turn protect communities along the coast from rising seas and fierce, frequent climate-driven storms."
New U.S. legislatorial effort to help streamline geothermal permitting
"With 90 percent of viable geothermal resources located on federally managed lands, almost all geothermal projects are subject to the NEPA review process. Currently, most geothermal exploration wells require an Environmental Assessment (EA) to be filed before exploration begins. This EA process for geothermal projects averages 10 months, meaning interested parties must wait nearly a year to determine if a viable geothermal resource even exists."
Utah’s Blake Moore Joins C3 Solutions on Right Voices Series
Congressman Blake Moore is yet another example of a conservative who cares about the environment. Through his principled leadership, he is showing that issues of climate and conservation are innately conservative issues.
Costly Energy, Climate Policies in Democrats’ Spending Bill Lack Transparency
"The left has oversimplified the problems of—and solutions to—climate policies, and is trying to persuade Americans that commitment to living within our fiscal means and holding fast to founding principles must be abandoned. That’s a costly endeavor."
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