Policy Tip Sheets

For the full PDF of this policy tip sheet, click here. Quick Bullets: Hydraulic fracturing, aka “fracking,” is a method for recovering oil and gas from unconventional fossil fuel reservoirs. It involves creating fissures in a rock formation in order to stimulate oil or gas movement through a reservoir that may otherwise have been difficult […]

Energy prices have continued to rise under President Joe Biden’s radical energy and climate agenda.

In July 2022, the Uniform Law Commission and American Law Institute approved new amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). As the Uniform Law Commission states, “The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is a comprehensive set of laws governing all commercial transactions in the United States. It is not a federal law, but a uniformly adopted […]

Geothermal plants produce 0.4 percent of the utility-scale electricity in the United States. The United States also produces the most electricity from geothermal plants in the world. Geothermal power is a renewable energy source that provides dispatchable, constant power, and is not dependent upon weather conditions. Expansion of geothermal energy use at the utility scale […]

Although geothermal power has a range of applications, this paper primarily focuses on utility-scale use for geothermal power plants, and does not address smaller scale geothermal heat pumps like those used to heat and cool buildings. Geothermal energy comes from deep earth heat that remains from the formation of the planet, as well as ongoing […]

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores are the chief mechanism by which a cabal of ideologically aligned influential interests working through unelected supranational organizations are attempting to “reset” the global financial system to their advantage.

Any apples-to-apples comparison of solar energy to alternative sources of power must account for all environmental impacts, not just carbon dioxide emissions at the point of generation.

Like other renewable technologies, solar benefits from government subsidies and state mandates. Such subsidies reduce the costs directly attributable to solar power generation relative to traditional sources of electricity because taxpayers foot the bill.

Below is a brief summary of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and how they can be wielded against society to enforce ESG compliance.

The following is a brief summary of how the banking industry has used its coercive market power to weaponize ESG compliance.

The summary below discusses financial institutions’ discriminatory practices against consumers, and explains proposed solutions to the problem.

Substantial research has been conducted that links wind turbines to avian fatalities.

The idea that a pseudo-secret cabal of global powerbrokers are using their combined wealth and influence to subvert the will of free individuals, consolidate their own power, and enrich themselves in the process might sound like a conspiracy theory to some.

Brief summary of how ESG is being weaponized against farmers, food production, and the agricultural industry as a whole.

Wind turbines require enormous amounts of rare earth elements like neodymium magnets, around 377 pounds of neodymium per MW capacity.

The reality is that wind power is intermittent because the wind does not blow constantly. Therefore, wind turbine power generation constantly varies and cannot be depended on to provide a consistent, reliable flow of electricity on demand.

Brief summary of how influential elites and organizations work hand in glove to coerce ESG compliance.

Brief description of how ESG systems fundamentally alter free markets and the natural equilibrium of supply and demand.

Brief description of the role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in coercing companies into ESG compliance.

Brief description of each of the three categories comprising a company’s risk assessment based upon ESG metrics, using one of the most commonly used ESG frameworks developed by the International Business Council (IBC).

In this Research & Commentary, Samantha Fillmore examines a Senate Bill in Pennsylvania that would create limitations on declaration of disaster emergencies.

Accounting for its effects on fuel economy, air quality, and food prices, biofuels likely produce net harms on balance.

In this Research & Commentary, Samantha Fillmore examines a Senate Bill in Missouri that would raise the minimum wage.

In this Research & Commentary, Samantha Fillmore examines an Assembly Bill in New Jersey that would place common sense restrictions on the governor during a state of emergency.