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The Conservative Climate Caucus is Courageous
Rep. John Curtis is Helping Conservatives Lead on Climate
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Environment
Congressional Conservatives Launch Climate Caucus
The Conservative Climate Caucus represents the future of the conservative movement, one that asks tough questions and offers effective solutions to climate, energy, and environmental challenges.
Infrastructure
Biden’s Bridge Too Far
With Infrastructure, Progressives Should Choose Something Over Nothing
Environment
For International Agreement on Climate, Turn to Free Enterprise
Rather than focus primarily on government finance and regulating certain fuels out of existence, policymakers should pursue reforms rooted in free enterprise that raise peoples’ standards of living and mobilizes private investments in cleaner technologies.
Policy
Wanna Live Forever? Become an Energy Tax Credit; They Can’t Seem to Die
Energy tax credits distort the market and hurt the environment and economy.
Policy
The Endangered Species Act Needs Fixing; Better Incentives for Landowners Could be a Start
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?
Infrastructure
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.
Conservation
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.
Energy
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.
Policy
Biden’s Environmental Justice Council Adds Heat to Overcooked Debate on Energy Use
Washington could do with fewer messaging documents and more action for Environmental Justice communities, focusing on greener agriculture, lead water pipe replacement, and clean drinking water infrastructure for starters.