OUR MISSION
We shape the conversation and drive smart policy by focusing on three core areas
We protect both America’s natural and economic environment. Our research and policy recommendations empower decision-makers to advance energy security, innovation, and prosperity.
Good policy needs a strong voice. Through strategic media engagement, thought leadership, and our C3 News Magazine, we amplify solutions that work.
Real progress happens when the right voices come together. We build partnerships with policymakers, businesses, and advocacy groups to drive durable, broad-based solutions.
In 2019, after being long-time friends who started our careers on Capitol Hill decades ago, we met up on John’s farm outside of Washington, D.C. to discuss installing a solar array. We couldn’t help but chuckle at the stereotype defying moment.
Here were two long-time conservatives and former aides to Senators from oil and gas country having a moment our friends on the left and right would find a bit head scratching.
Drew worked for former U.S. Senator and Assistant Republican Leader Don Nickles, and later as the Chief of Staff to the Heritage Foundation. I had worked for years as former U.S. Senator Tom Coburn’s Communicators Director and co-author of two of his books. According to the New York Times, the late Coburn wasn’t merely conservative. He was an ultraconservative.
Yet, here we were – Drew, a Solar company CEO, and me, an aspiring sustainable farmer – dreaming about how to help the next generation step into a world that would be clean and prosperous.
Our laughter was also an epiphany. We knew we weren’t all that unusual. Millions of conservatives were like us – skeptical but concerned, and convinced that the future depended on values and ideas we cared about prevailing. Yet, conservatives were constantly on defense when it came to climate and energy issues.
So we decided to do something about that. We spent the next few months asking our friends and colleagues in the conservative movement if they felt underrepresented in the climate and energy space. Without exception they believed it was possible to be both conservative and concerned about protecting our natural and economic environment. Some of those friends agreed to join our advisory board.
We’re not doing this to provide political cover. We’re doing it to propose solutions. And we recognize that people of good faith come at these issues with competing assumptions and solutions. We hope to find common ground when we can agree and will engage in noble and respectful combat when we disagree. We invite you to join the ride.
To a more sensible future,
Drew Bond & John Hart
Co-Founders
A strong economy and a healthy environment should advance together, with each supporting the other.
Markets and innovation offer the most effective path for improving lives and advancing environmental progress.
Every generation should work to leave the world better, with individuals, communities, and policymakers all contributing.
Respectful, evidence-based dialogue leads to better solutions and helps people of different views find common ground.
A strong economy and a clean environment go hand in hand. We reject false choices between prosperity and sustainability—both are essential.
Government should remain efficient and forward-looking, ensuring environmental goals are met through sound budgeting.
Environmental challenges are global, and American leadership can guide innovation, stewardship, and shared prosperity.
Our work is driven by real impact. Explore our latest achievements in our Annual Report:
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total subscribers to our weekly newsletter.
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times our team presented testimony to the government.
When innovation leads, the planet wins. Free markets don’t just drive economic growth—they drive cleaner air, cleaner energy, and a cleaner future.
Help us promote free market solutions for climate change.
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