Clean Energy Policy

Reihan Salam Endorses EIRP Proposal to Modernize the Energy Department

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.”

Thernstrom and Garman: Court The Right

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.