To discuss how an innovation-centric approach could bridge the partisan divide over climate policy. Chris Hayes talks with Samuel Thernstrom, who served on the White House Council on Environmental Quality under George W. Bush, about whether it’s possible to bring Republicans into the fold on climate policymaking.
National Review’s Reihan Salam notes costly European energy policy measures identify opportunities for reform in the United States.
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Garman and Samuel Thernstrom assess the practical challenges European governments have confronted in increasing use of renewable energy.
Writing in National Review, Reihan Salam praises an early EIRP policy paper recommending substantial reforms at the Department of Energy.
National Review describes EIRP’s approach to reforming the Department of Energy “modest, yet well conceived” in this opinion column.
Writing for Reuters Opinion, National Review’s Reihan Salam describes EIRP proposals for the Department of Energy as a “natural fit for reform-minded Republicans, who are wary of command-and-control regulation and big spending increases, yet who recognize that government can play a constructive role in energy innovation.”
Writing for National Review, Charen describes EIRP ideas on reforming the Department of Energy as “intriguing” and “well worth a read.”
Writing for Bloomberg, Samuel Thernstrom and David Garman outline a reform agenda for the Department of Energy to move the department beyond the Solyndra scandal and the troubled loan guarantee program by refocusing its work on basic and pre-commercial research into key energy technologies.
