Publications

The big story right now in the U.S. electricity sector is a surge in demand—also known as “load growth”—driven by…

November 19, 2025
Scott Nystrom
In a positive step toward expanding clean energy access, the World Bank lifted its longstanding ban on financing nuclear energy…

July 1, 2025
Dan Giamo and Mary Svenstrup
The Council’s America’s Carbon Advantage 2025 report analyzes the foundation of the U.S. carbon advantage. The three factors driving the…

June 27, 2025
Catrina Rorke, Scott Nystrom, and Daniel Hoenig
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
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
On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works advanced the bipartisan “Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable…

February 1, 2024
Holly Rooper
The Council’s Vice President, Policy and Research Matt Porterfield delivered an oral statement on behalf of the Council at the…

December 7, 2023
Matthew Porterfield
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the world’s first carbon import fee on internationally traded goods, entered its inaugural…

October 10, 2023
Daniel Hoenig
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