"Degrowthism may seem like the only reasonable response to the climate challenges we face, but the experience of enforced economic shrinking during the pandemic indicates the pain would outweigh the benefits — especially for the world's poorest."
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Growing Electricity Load, and a Growing Grid, Is Good for America
"There is a need to close regulatory gaps for local transmission planning. Customers are eager to collaborate with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, states, and regional partners to enhance transparency and review the prudency of local transmission projects."
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At Earth Day Climate Summit, Biden Pushes for Sharp Cut to Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
"Mr. Biden used the summit to unveil a new target that calls for U.S. emissions to be 50% to 52% lower in 2030 than levels in 2005, a common baseline for such climate targets."
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The Importance of Free Trade and Diverse Supply Chains
Diversified supply chains that are subject to market forces are a win for people and the planet.
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The Emerging Republican Climate Policy Framework
"Conservative climate policies avoid large, top-down omnibus legislation such as the Green New Deal, which would allow the federal government to reorganize the entire economy. Philosophically, conservatives focus on positive incentives to innovate toward lower emissions and support adaptation efforts as sea levels rise and weather patterns change."
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With proper management techniques, cattle herds can help increase plant biodiversity
It’s 7:30 am and the sun is finally warming up a chilly September fog. Just west of Sprague, Washington, a wide pasture is empty, except for a white pickup truck snaking its way across the dead grass. The truck stops at a random spot, a few yards away from a bleached cow skull. It must have...
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Farm Bill Faces Uncertain Path Forward Post-Election
While the election is now behind us, the future of the long-awaited Farm Bill remains in question. Farmers and ranchers have been waiting for the reauthorization of the bill for more than a year, since the last bill expired in September 2023. While there is a ready, bipartisan-supported version released by House Agriculture Committee Chair GT Thompson, it remains...
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More Tariffs Won’t End Pollution or Solve Global Warming. They’ll Just Make Stuff More Expensive.
"The carbon border tax or polluter import fee can therefore be understood as an attempt to solve that problem—and to universalize whatever carbon policies developed nations might impose in coming decades. But it runs up against a serious practical problem. Taxing one's own citizens is a poor way of getting other nations to change their behavior."
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Chevron vows big increase in low-carbon spending
"Chevron in March announced new targets for cutting emissions intensity — that is, per unit of output — and has been striking new deals and partnerships on alternative fuels and climate."
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Deregulation and U.S. Energy Independence
Paul Dabbar writes in The Wall Street Journal on how deregulation has created U.S. energy independence. “Technological innovation and broad deregulation are responsible for transforming the U.S. into a global energy powerhouse. The development by American oil and gas companies of new horizontal drilling techniques and the perfection of the process of hydraulic fracturing were...
