Publications

Carbon import fees are gaining traction around the world. This novel policy tool would impose a charge on imported goods…

January 15, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
Greg Bertelsen
Climate progress has too often been viewed as independent of or in conflict with other national priorities. This has failed…

September 24, 2024
Catrina Rorke, Greg Bertelsen, & Matthew C. Porterfield
U.S. climate policy faces three significant challenges:   Our proposal: A new strategy for lowering global emissions that harnesses core national…

September 24, 2024
Catrina Rorke
Policymakers are beginning to see tariffs as a strategic tool to gain geopolitical leverage, mitigate national security concerns, diversify supply…

July 17, 2024
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
Greg Bertelsen
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