Energy
Look Beyond China for Sustainable Rare Earth Elements
Policymakers need to reduce every government barrier that’s preventing entrepreneurs, investors and businesses from doing this hard work.
Natural Resources
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Energy
Biden’s “Letter To Energy CEOs” won’t work: Here’s what he can actually do to make energy more affordable
Instead of writing letters to CEOs, President Biden should get to work on meaningful policy reforms to help the economy and the environment.
Energy
Saudi Arabia Can’t Solve Our Long-Term Energy Problems
While the President has a vital role to play in international trade relations, this trip to Saudi Arabia should not be viewed as the solution to our policies domestically.
Conservation
Why are Wildfires Getting Worse? Regulations Are Partly to Blame
In a recently released policy brief, authors Eric Edwards and Sara Sutherland of the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) outline how inefficient regulations and permitting processes exacerbate the risk of wildfires.
Energy
New Bipartisan Bill Would Improve U.S. Energy Security
The Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act is an important recognition that domestic fuel and non-fuel minerals provide strategic economic and national security benefits.
Energy
Reduce Mining Regulations to Bolster a Secure Energy Future
To accelerate mining production of rare earth metals and elements, our government will need to modernize regulations to encourage the cleanest, safest and most technologically advanced mines and separation plants ever created to flourish.
Conservation
How Fossil Fuels Saved Our Forests
We needed, and still need, fossil fuels. When the day comes that we don’t, we should be thankful for what their discovery did for human prosperity, and nature’s recovery.
Energy
The Green Movement’s Insistence on Only Renewables Emboldens Putin
Decarbonising the energy grid requires market competition and diversified supply — not becoming fifth-columnists for Russian imperialism.
Energy
Could Outer Space be the Key to Expanding our Supply of Rare Metals?
Just as the original space race was a muscular assertion of the supremacy of American enterprise and industry, this new space resource scramble is motivated by the need to reduce reliance on our totalitarian adversaries. We were first to the moon to show the world that socialism is not the way. Now, we could be first to mine the stars, to put cleaner cars on our roads.
Energy
Domestic Energy Helps with Conservation and Energy Security
Capitalizing on America’s resource abundance and human ingenuity advances our economic, energy security, and environmental goals.