For more than a century, the Jones Act has inflated energy costs, increased emissions, and undermined national security. Reducing barriers to trade and eliminating protectionism are wins for the planet and its people.
Issue: The Economic Challenge of Climate Change
Competitive Electricity Markets Deliver Economic, Environmental Benefits
As the U.S. looks to meet future electricity demand while keeping costs low for consumers, state legislatures should consider ways to incorporate more competition into respective energy markets.
Economic Cooling Won’t Stop Global Warming
Public focus on extreme weather and heat waves shouldn’t be a problem for conservatives but an opportunity to win the argument about what to do next.
New GOP Tax Bill Would Spur More Energy Innovation and Investment
As Congress looks to lower costs for Americans and drive energy innovation, it would be wise to embrace pro-growth tax policies like immediate expensing and expanding opportunities for privately-funded research and development.
H.R. 1 Energy Legislation Drives Energy Accessibility and Affordability
H.R. 1 is an all-of-the-above energy bill, aimed at delivering the power our country needs in the 21st Century. In a divided Washington, it can be a scaffolding to help lawmakers build a better energy future.
Texas Senate Energy Bill to Overhaul Power Grid Will Increase Costs for Ratepayers Across the State
Texas lawmakers should consider ways to maintain electricity market competition in the state while bolstering grid reliability. This means reducing the government's preferential treatment of certain energy sources and maintaining an unsubsidized energy strategy that lets free markets and free people, not politicians, pick winners and losers.
Alaska’s Willow Project will Provide Energy and Economic Security
American energy producers are supplying families and businesses with affordable, reliable energy while leading the world in environmental protection and climate progress.
A Burning Issue: The Economic Costs of Wildfires
Modernizing policies to empower people in all levels of government and in the private sector to take care of America’s forests will save lives and livelihoods, protect the environment, reduce costs to the taxpayer and lessen overall damages American on the economy.
Less Competition Won’t Fix the Texas Electricity Grid
Free market principles, and the all-of-the-above approach they deliver, are the solution to the problems in Texas, and in energy markets everywhere.
A Green Trade War Isn’t Good for Consumers or the Planet
With the rising cost of minerals and the sticker price of EVs higher than their gas-consuming counterparts, lawmakers should look to reduce barriers and avoid protectionist policies.