ike all things lately, environmental policies are considered highly divisive issues; environmental regulation and climate policies are overwhelmingly championed by the left, while support for fossil fuel and the coal industry continues to be a fundamental issue on the right. While these two perspectives aren’t necessarily incompatible - as long as there is a fair transition … [Read more...]
A Bipartisan Climate Policy
How the Paris Agreement Aligns with Conservative Values
The real goal is to get the government to stop tipping scales in favor of specific industry. Climate change is a manifestation of government failure to be a fair referee of the free market. We have a bunch of regulations and a bunch of subsidies that support one industry over the other. Climate change is a failure of government. Instead of trying to achieve a free market so … [Read more...]
The Village Under the Sea
sau Sinnok is a young man on a mission. His village, Shishmaref, is on the western coast of Alaska, and it’s falling into the Chukchi Sea. Esau is doing whatever he can to help. Shishmaref’s story has been featured by most major news outlets, and I have not yet met an Alaskan resident who isn’t familiar with the story. In fact, there are a number of villages just like … [Read more...]
Beyond Trump and Clinton
Debate season has officially started; you’re probably just now starting to see your Facebook and Twitter feeds return to a sense of normalcy after the social media storm that followed the September 26th debate. Not to worry, the next one is just around the corner and your Facebook friends will once again become overnight activists, lawyers, and fact-checkers. Heated arguments … [Read more...]
The Will to Act
Our Path to a Clean Energy Future
he relationship between oil companies and oil consumers has always been volatile. The mistakes and failures of oil companies are well known around the world; oil spills, executive misconduct, corruption, pollution, alleged murder. But these companies and the services they provide are generally regarded as a necessary evil. We condemn their actions, but we just can’t live … [Read more...]