Basic Math July 26, 2024The Peter G. Peterson Foundation recently tasked seven Washington-based think tanks from across the political spectrum to develop proposals to…
Observations from CERAWeek March 21, 2024I attended only one day of CERAWeek. However, I left with many observations. Among them, the most prominent was how…
Imagining a New Permitting Reform Process November 1, 2023One thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on these days is that electricity transmission lines are essential and valuable. Pursuant…
Don’t take distributional analysis of a carbon tax for granted June 21, 2022As Congress’s August recess approaches, Senate Democrats’ timeline to negotiate a climate deal is extremely narrow. To date, their efforts…
Either/Or Versus And April 27, 2022When “either/or” becomes “and,” we have made progress in a policy dispute. And that is what has happened in the…
Could the private sector lead the fight against climate change? March 22, 2022Private sector pledges may be more promising than the government’s efforts to address climate change. On the surface, pledges by…
The Conservative Response to Climate Change September 16, 2021Approximately four years ago a group of conservatives wrote a book about carbon pricing. Edited by American Enterprise Institute (AEI)…
Corporate Tax Hike Vs. Carbon Tax: Economic Trade-Offs May 4, 2021President Biden has announced two ambitious, entwined economic policy agendas: raising the corporate tax rate and other taxes on large…
The Path to Climate Policy April 23, 2021The United States’ climate ambition is where it should be—high—but belies our efforts to implement policies to achieve the carbon…