Making a Conservative Case for Clean Energy Investment

…Luckily, the private sector is leading the charge. The market has already been an unquestionably powerful tool in reducing carbon emissions here in the United States – and we should keep it that way. In a stunning statistic, the U.S. has exceeded the emission reduction targets of the 2009 Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill without it even being signed into law…

It’s a mistake to allow smart climate investments that create jobs and economic growth all across our country to get caught in the culture war crosshairs. After all, businesses are investing in clean energy and emissions-reducing technology because it’s profitable and the market is increasingly pointing that way. Red states all over the country, like Georgia, are seeing the fruits of clean energy investment already. As my friends at the R Street Institute rightfully pointed out late last year, the government should leave the private sector alone, and refrain from either top-down pro-ESG or anti-ESG policy…