The New Corporate Minimum Tax In Congress’ Climate Legislation Is A Bad Idea

WASHINGTON, DC – Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leaves the Senate Chamber with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) … [+] following a vote in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2...

Stock Buyback Tax Will Harm State & Local Pensions

US President Joe Biden speaks at the 29th AFL-CIO Quadrennial Constitutional Convention at the … [+] Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on June 14, 2022. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AF...

Landmark Climate Bill Could Help Boost Struggling Nuclear Plants—Here’s Why

Topline Nuclear plants could see their bottom lines improve thanks to a new tax credit in the massive climate, health care and deficit reduction package passed by the Senate this weekend—a potential l...

Stock Buybacks Are Popular, The Inflation Reduction Act Could Change That

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 05: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters … [+] following the weekly Democratic Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol March 05, 2019 ...

Hydrogen A Winner As Manchin Forces A Diverse Energy Transition Policy Approach

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 7: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to reporters during amendment votes, also … [+] called the “vote-a-rama”, on the Inflation Reduct Act at the U.S. Capit...

Health Insurers And 13M Enrollees Cheer Senate’s Extension Of Obamacare Credits

The U.S. Senate Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which expands tax credits … [+] to buy individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act for millions Americans. This vo...

Senate GOP Blocks Insulin Price Cap For Private Insurance As Democrats Aim To Pass Economic Bill

Topline The Senate has spent more than 12 hours debating amendments to the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark climate, tax and healthcare bill Democrats aim to pass Sunday afternoon usin...

Reviewing The U.S. Climate Agreement – A $369 Billion Supercharge That The Clean Tech Industry Needs

Landscape with solar park and wind turbines in the background. Adobe Stock Last week, as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, U.S. senators triumphantly announced a $369 billion commitment to ...

Faustian Bargain Could Jeopardize Offshore Wind, Renewable Energy On Federal Lands

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 15: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (L) talks with Senate Majority Leader Charles … [+] Schumer (D-NY) before the ceremony where U.S. President Joe Biden signed the “Consoli...

The High Cost Of The Inflation Reduction Act

One hundred American dollars being printed. getty The right policy mix to address our current economic malaise is tighter monetary policy and pro-growth tax and regulatory policies. While the Federal ...

The Inflation Reduction Act Is The Most Important Climate Action In U.S. History

The new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), released in the United States Senate last week, is a grand bargain between emissions reduction and economic growth – and new Energy Innovation modeling shows it ...

Opponents Of Joe Manchin’s Permitting Reform Demonstrate Why We Need Permitting Reform

A flag protesting nuclear power during a rally in favor of tougher pollution restrictions outside an … [+] Environmental Protection Agency hearing, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Atlanta. Copyright ...

Electric Vehicle Tax Credits Likely To Get New Life And A Manchin Makeover

Sen. Joe Manchin talks with the media after a hearing on hydrogen pipelines CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images In a major win for automakers and future electric vehicle buyers, tax credits for the pur...

Manchin-Schumer Compromise Is A Watershed Moment For U.S. Energy

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 20: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to reporters as he leaves the the Senate … [+] Democrats weekly policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on July 20, 2021 in Washington, ...

Clean Energy Solar Stocks Sunrun, SunPower Scorch On Good News

Getty Images Key takeaways Clean energy got a boost Thursday after Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached a deal on climate spending The renamed “Inflation Reduction Act of ...

Russia Threatens, EU Reduces, US Industry Helps To Untangle The Natural Gas War In Europe.

The receiving station for the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline near Lubmin, Germany. Getty Images Both oil and gas exported from Russia bring in significant revenue that can be used to support the R...