More Economic Prosperity and Greater Knowledge Leads to Healthier Environments
Families have basic needs that must be met. They must put food on the table and keep the house warm in the winter. Many people have the good fortune to take food, shelter, water, clothing, and energy for granted, but the number of people worldwide without thesenecessities remains undesirably high. Many people have the good […]
Conservative Energy and Environment Priorities for 2025
The Conservative Energy and Environment Priorities for 2025 white paper, authored by C3 Solutions and R Street, outlines a market-driven, innovation-focused approach to energy and environmental policy under a Republican-led government. It emphasizes the need for economic freedom, regulatory reform, and private-sector leadership in advancing clean energy and sustainability. The paper critiques heavy-handed government mandates […]
Capitalizing on America’s Energy Abundance and Improving Energy Security
The Challenge: Energy affordability, reliability, and security are critical to American families and businesses. When energy prices increase, they disproportionately harm low- and middle-income families. This economic pain extends beyond the pump and beyond the meter as American households are paying more for groceries, going out to eat and most other goods and services, since […]
Congress Must Capitalize on Nuclear Power Momentum
After the ADVANCE Act, What’s Next for Nuclear Energy Policy? Key Takeaways: Introduction President Joe Biden recently signed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act into law. Passed with broad bipartisan support (88-2 in the Senate, 393-13 in the House), the ADVANCE Act includes provisions to modernize regulations, increase international […]
LNG Exports: The Economic, Environmental and National Security Trifecta
In January, President Biden announced a pause on pending decisions for increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The pause affects countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the United States, which are where most LNG exports go. The economic, environmental, and national security reasons for expanding LNG exports are strong. Restricting LNG exports […]
The Economic and Environmental Case for Immediate Expensing
The House of Representatives recently passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. The bill includes provisions that would extend immediate expensing for research and development and short-lived assets including vehicles, machinery, and other equipment through 2025 and 2026, respectively. Immediate expensing is beneficial for American competitiveness, innovation, and economic opportunity. […]
Durable Climate Solutions
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Free Economies are Clean Economies
Freedom requires individuals to be free to use their own resources in their own way, modern society requires cooperation among a large number of people. The question is, how can you have cooperation without coercion? If you have a central direction you inevitably have coercion. The only way that has ever been discovered to have […]
Abundant Energy from Free Markets
Foreword by Chris Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Energy There are two broad approaches to problem solving: top down, or from the bottom up. Top-down approaches include presidential edicts, bureaucratic orders and government intervention. Bottom-up solutions include believing in people, individual empowerment and free market approaches. With that in mind, I see three significant long-term, […]
The Relationship Between Economic Freedom and Environmental Performance
For nearly three decades, the Washington D.C.-based Heritage Foundation has published an Index of Economic Freedom. The Index measures economic freedom by scoring each country in the following categories. Heritage compiles publicly available data from sources such as the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Commission, the Economist Intelligence Unit, the International […]