The Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act Is A Game ChangerJeremy Harrell, Quill Robinson, The Hill, August 11, 2021 Now that the Senate has passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill — with critical programmatic direction and eagle-eyed investments in clean energy technologies research, development, and demonstrations (RD&D) — what’s next? Obviously, House action, but policymakers should focus next on policies that bring … read more

Progressives eye halt to ANWR drilling in reconciliation billEmma Dumain, E & E News, August 25, 2021 Congressional Democrats and their environmentalist allies are increasingly confident they’ll be able to stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the reconciliation process. According to several sources who spoke to E&E News this week, conversations were taking place at the highest … read more

‘Seriously flawed’: Experts clash over social cost of carbonMaxine Joselow, CLIMATEWIRE, August 24, 2021  An academic debate over a key metric for greenhouse gases is heating up, just as a high-profile courtroom battle is scheduled to begin. Prominent economists are clashing over the Biden administration’s approach to the social cost of carbon, which assigns a dollar value to the harm … read more