President · C3 Solutions
Nick Loris is president of C3 Solutions. He researches energy and environmental policy, including nuclear power, natural resources, subsidies, and the role of markets in reducing emissions. He previously worked at The Heritage Foundation and has testified before congressional committees.
Conservation
Last week I had the honor of testifying before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on the importance of investing in America’s ecosystems. Investing in nature-based solutions is one of the most cost-effective tools that we have to reduce the impacts of climate change.
Conservation
The Biden administration recognizing that active forest management will reduce wildfire risks is a positive development. Congress providing $3 billion in funding toward preventative treatment is another positive development.
Energy
The roadmap away from Russia is diversification and choice.
Energy
Families and businesses want affordable, dependable power; however, improving the reliability of the grid in response to Texas’s winter storm should effectively correct for any specific problems rather than unnecessarily overhauling the entire market structure.
Energy
With respect to solar tariffs, the best option for President Biden is to sit back and let them expire.
Environment
Removing domestic and global barriers to innovation, investment and deployment would really make 2022 the year of climate action.
Energy
California and Germany have both made climate change a public policy priority. To reach their climate goals, they should embrace nuclear energy.
Energy
The following is an excerpt from Nick Loris’ testimony before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on Natural Resources on December 2, 2021,…
Energy
Removing government barriers will empower the private sector to build back faster, cleaner and more efficiently while maintaining environmental safeguards.
Environment
C3 Solutions spent the last two weeks in Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nations climate meeting known as COP26. Throughout the two weeks, several notable observations stood out.
Energy
Breaking down government-imposed barriers is essential for both cost reduction and deployment. The American Energy, Jobs and Climate plan is a welcome and necessary step in that direction.
Energy
Yet, building back better and cleaner will be best achieved when legislators and the administration do the dirty work of removing regulatory obstacles to cost-effective clean technology deployment.
