If we truly care about protecting species from extinction, we shouldn’t be afraid to ask: Does the Endangered Species Act actually do its job?
Regulatory Improvement is a Win for Infrastructure, the Environment
Rather than recklessly spend and borrow, policymakers should remove government-imposed barriers that would drive infrastructure investment, job growth and emissions reductions.
It’s Time for Climate Realism When It Comes to China
"China’s energy trends have implications for what it means to keep China accountable to its promises. But they should also inject some necessary realism into international climate agreements and U.S. policy responses to China. As Walter Lohman notes, 'It’s hard to put any faith in Beijing’s pledges … Given the way these things played out, in fact, [Chinese President Xi Jinping is] probably eager to reap the benefits of more pledges.'"
Nuclear energy and American hegemony
"Nuclear power is a safe, cost-effective, and strategically sound source of energy for the European continent, it would be in the best interest of the U.S. to see it proliferate within its sphere of influence."
Tax Reform Is Good for the Environment
"In a new policy study, R Street Resident Senior Fellow of Energy and Environmental Policy Philip Rossetti examines how tax policy incentivizes the private sector to invest in innovation in the United States."
Biden’s Green Agenda Meets Environmental Red Tape
"To deliver on its green pledges, the Biden administration will have to do something its environmental supporters are often reluctant to do: Cut the red tape that delays or derails the very development projects needed to build a clean-energy future. It will also have to make tough environmental tradeoffs that sometimes come along with such projects."
Biden’s Conservation Plan Needs a Bottom-Up, not Top-Down, Focus
Identifying opportunities to empower the people who best understand the importance of productive land use, conservation and environmental stewardship will go a long way to meet the administration’s environmental objectives.
The Progressive Infrastructure Blacklist
"The blacklist shows how detached from economic reality today’s climate-obsessed progressives are. We wish we could dismiss their work, but the White House appointed these people and solicited their advice, and in this Administration ideas from the outer banks often become official policy."
New Poll Finds Americans Want Energy Independence and a Larger Role for Energy Producers in the Future
In a political world so harshly divided, these findings show that some issues still enjoy bipartisan support. To accomplish its goals, the Biden Administration would do well to listen to what voters want: energy independence, economic impact transparency, and private-sector leadership.
Let’s Accelerate, Not Reverse, Energy Progress Since 1970s Gas Station Lines
"America has more work to do on this front. But if government and industry continue to partner and maintain existing pipelines, build new capacity, and integrate best-in-class cybersecurity protections, we can avoid threats of fuel scarcity, empower economic growth, and deter global hackers."
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