Nick Loris was quoted in NOTUS in Anna Kramer’s reporting on Joe Biden’s climate regulations. For conservatives like Loris, this pile of new climate regulations creates a burden on companies, especially because the rules could be modified or overturned in court regardless of who wins in November. The threat of looming fights “results in this...
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The Folly of an SMR-Only Nuclear Strategy
Jeff Luse wrote in RealClearEnergy about the need for a technology-neutral nuclear energy strategy. After decades of anti-nuclear rhetoric and moratoriums on new nuclear power plants, legislatures nationwide are finally embracing nuclear power as a clean, viable energy source by overturning state bans. While a step in the right direction, several of these ban lifts...
R&D tax change is impeding American innovation
Nick Loris and Dr. Aaron Goodman of Petra Power wrote in The Cleveland Plain Dealer about the need to make immediate expensing a permanent fixture in the tax code. Lawmakers are showing they can make bipartisan agreements on foreign policy. Now, they should turn to an important bipartisan domestic issue. Heralded as the biggest piece...
Politicizing American Energy Is a Costly Mistake
Nick Loris wrote in Newsweek about the problems with politicizing energy production. With gas prices creeping upwards, election-year politics are already in full effect. At a recent conference, White House senior advisor John Podesta said the Biden administration would release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to keep prices at the pump affordable. But Podesta’s remarks...
‘It would just die on the vine’: Biden’s $200 billion energy loan juggernaut faces a Trump-sized threat
Nick Loris was quoted by POLITICO on the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. On the other hand, some Biden-era lending decisions have backed technologies that Republicans have long supported, such as the office’s recent announcement it would help restart a shuttered U.S. nuclear plant for the first time, as well as projects in red states. That...
Conservatives Should Own the Climate Issue
Drew Bond wrote in Newsweek about why conservatives should own the issue of climate change. I’ll get right to the point: conservatives, if you want to “own the libs,” then own the issue that they have dominated for too long. Take the lead on good climate policy and show how free market solutions are superior...
Institute of Paraguay seals alliance with US NGOs for sustainable development initiatives
C3 Solutions’ MOU with the Patria Soñada Thought Development Institute was covered by Paraguay’s Cuatro Poder. The Patria Soñada Thought Development Institute (IDPPS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Think Tank C3 Solutions (C3S), based in Washington, United States, which aims to develop joint initiatives that promote innovation in sustainable development policies In Paraguay....
U.S. Inability To Address Nuclear Waste Harms Environmental Progress
Jeff Luse wrote in Newsweek about the need to address spent nuclear fuel. If you need your garbage collected, you call Waste Management. But if you’re a nuclear power plant operator, don’t bother calling the federal government—in 40 years they still haven’t made a pickup. In 1982, Congress passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA),...
Hunter Biden drama seen draining GOP energy oversight
Nick Loris was interviewed by E&E News about House Republican oversight on the Biden administration’s energy and environmental policies. Their wide-ranging Biden probe has roughly two dozen investigators, many of whom are among the most experienced, according to people familiar with the effort. That’s deprioritized oversight of energy and environmental agencies for a few reasons....
What McConnell’s departure means for GOP energy leadership
Nick Loris was quoted in E&E News’ reporting on McConnell’s departure from GOP leadership. All three potential replacements have promoted the importance of “affordable” and “reliable” energy as well as clean energy, said Nick Loris, vice president of public policy at the conservative climate firm C3 Solutions. And they’ve all favored greater energy production on...