"More proactive measures must be taken to limit the severity of these wildfires. It is well-known by now that fire suppression tactics in states like California have backfired spectacularly, by allowing 'fuel loads' such as underbrush and dead trees to pile up, effectively creating enormous tinderboxes."

"At a time when we need every tool in the box to fight the climate crisis – and nuclear is one of the most effective – isn’t it time we started to look at the facts rather than repeat myths about nuclear waste?"

"It’s good to keep in mind that advancing free trade is a key policy action for effectively facilitating a healthy environment. The pragmatic, lasting way to ensure a cleaner and more sustainable environment lies on the path of spreading and enhancing the freedom to trade, which leads to dynamic, competitive innovation."

"Beijing doesn’t want to be seen as caving in to pressure from the West, say people familiar with Chinese policy makers’ thinking. Instead, China has been trying to position itself as a major global player in fighting climate change on its own terms."

Devin Hartman of R Street writes in The Hill that regulatory overhaul is key to the clean energy transition. “The problem isn’t the private sector’s unwillingness to spend, but a regulatory structure that deters private investment and insulates incumbent utilities from competition.” Read the full article here.

"The Green New Deal, whatever iteration of the plan you care to support, is unfeasible. Biden’s request is just another reminder."

"Whether it’s energy efficiency, a smarter grid, or using fuel diversity to lower carbon emissions, real-life solutions will more effectively address climate-related impacts than lawsuits, which does none of these things. American manufacturing is the answer to climate change, not the cause."

"Those kinds of initiatives do not require that conservatives adopt the most dire projections regarding greenhouse gas emissions and their effects. They are just the kinds of policies that would be justified even if warming were to proceed in the mid-to moderate part of the ranges that the IPCC projects."