The United States holds a significant carbon efficiency advantage, meaning American firms generally produce similar goods with fewer emissions than…
March 18, 2025
By Catrina Rorke, Scott Nystrom, and Daniel Hoenig
Last week, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released a report assessing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensities of steel…
March 5, 2025
By Daniel Hoenig
Policymakers in Washington are considering charging a foreign pollution fee or pollution tariff on imports determined by the pollution caused…
March 4, 2025
By Scott Nystrom and Catrina Rorke
In this letter to President Trump, Senior Vice President of Policy and Research Catrina Rorke outlines recommendations that are designed…
February 27, 2025
By Catrina Rorke
Supply chain security has emerged as a defining priority among federal policymakers, with a particular focus on critical minerals. President…
February 21, 2025
By Dan Giamo and Holly Rooper
The U.S. is the second-largest global manufacturer after China. However, the energy inputs these two countries use to fuel industry…
February 4, 2025
By Scott Nystrom
Carbon import fees are gaining traction around the world. This novel policy tool would impose a charge on imported goods…
January 15, 2025
By Daniel Hoenig
The Climate Leadership Council is obsessed with data. Here is one trend we’ve been thinking about lately: Democrats and Republicans,…
January 9, 2025
By Scott Nystrom
Diverse and reliable critical mineral supply chains are a vital component of any strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Minerals…
November 12, 2024
By Catrina Rorke
In this blog, we’ll unpack one of the core challenges mentioned in our latest paper, Prioritizing American Interests: As U.S. emissions…
October 28, 2024
By Catrina Rorke
The clean energy transition requires an abundance of basic commodities like steel, aluminum, and cement as well as innovative, low-carbon…
October 18, 2024
By Catrina Rorke
The 2024 presidential cycle has finally given us a vision for an effective climate strategy that elevates American workers. You…
October 15, 2024
By Greg Bertelsen
U.S. climate policy faces three significant challenges: Our proposal: A new strategy for lowering global emissions that harnesses core national…
September 24, 2024
By Catrina Rorke
Climate progress has too often been viewed as independent of or in conflict with other national priorities. This has failed…
September 24, 2024
By Catrina Rorke, Greg Bertelsen, & Matthew C. Porterfield
Policymakers are beginning to see tariffs as a strategic tool to gain geopolitical leverage, mitigate national security concerns, diversify supply…
July 17, 2024
By Holly Rooper
Status quo or significant climate progress: the difference is only three-quarters of a percentage point. That’s because scientists recently recorded the first…
July 2, 2024
By Greg Bertelsen
Addressing global emissions levels will require all countries to work toward lowering their domestic emissions. Many historically high emitters have…
June 20, 2024
By Holly Rooper
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is widely regarded as the most successful international environmental treaty…
June 13, 2024
By Holly Rooper
The following remarks were prepared for testimony given on May 23, 2024, as part of the Office of the United…
June 3, 2024
By Catrina Rorke
Novel policies at the nexus of climate and trade are gaining momentum internationally. Emerging policies, from carbon import fees—a charge…
May 29, 2024
By Holly Rooper
