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What President Biden can Learn from George W. Bush on Climate

"The right way is to adopt policies that spur investment in the new technologies needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions more cost-effectively in the longer term without placing unreasonable burdens on American consumers and workers in the short term."

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Environment

On Climate, Amy Coney Barrett Will Be Fair on the Law, and Science

“A more conservative Court will assure that federal climate action is firmly rooted in laws crafted by Congress. It also will force climate activists to choose a path to tackle climate action based on well-established federal and state jurisdictions … Respecting states’ rights is not code for climate inaction; it clearly defines a path for policymaking success.”

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Environment

Fix Flood Insurance Before It Swamps The Federal Budget Again

"So, even if you don’t live on a barrier island in the Atlantic but instead in the dry expanse of the Arizona desert, you’re on the hook for flooding anywhere in the U.S. Even worse is that NFIP is $36 billion in debt, and that amount increases each year."

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Conservation

California Needs Common Sense to Fight Fires

Policymakers at the state and federal level are pursuing a "zero burn emissions" policy. They would rather pretend that they will have the ability to extinguish wildfires than to admit that they need to eliminate fuel through controlled burns before fire season starts.

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