Natural Resources
Natural solutions are a highly cost-effective pathway to capturing and sequestering carbon in our lands and ecosystems.
Original post by Abby Smith, Energy and Environment Reporter of Washington Examiner President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to make his pledge to help plant, restore, and conserve a trillion trees a reality. The executive order puts some federal government muscle behind Trump’s announcement in January that the United States would help plant a trillion trees as […]
Statement from Heather Reams, Executive Director, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, on the White House Trillion Trees Executive Order. “There’s a reason that Trillion Trees as a policy initiative has taken root on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. It’s a meaningful, commonsense approach to mitigating climate change that Republicans and Democrats alike can support. CRES […]
July 29, 2020 Dear Republican Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives: As a group of conservative voices, we jointly write to express our support for The Growing Climate Solutions Act (S.3894/H.R.7393), bipartisan legislation recently introduced by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in the Senate and Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE), […]
CONSERVATIVES PUSH GOP ON CLIMATE BILL: A collection of climate-friendly conservative organizations urged Republican lawmakers to back the Growing Climate Solutions Act (S. 3894 (116)), which would create an Agriculture Department certification program enabling farmers, ranchers and forest managers to participate in carbon credit markets. “As conservatives, we see this legislation as an opportunity to offer […]
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, R Street Institute, American Conservation Coalition, ConservAmerica, National Taxpayers Union join forces to advocate for bipartisan bill WASHINGTON (July 29, 2020) – A group of leading conservative organizations joined forces today in advocating for a piece of innovative, limited-government climate legislation that would make it easier for American farmers, ranchers […]
The Pacific Northwest conjures up all sorts of Americana, from Lewis and Clark to the Cascade Mountains to the famous Grand Coulee Dam – the largest hydroelectric power plant in the United States capable of generating enough power for 2.3 million homes. That’s why it is fitting during this Independence Day week that we focus […]
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2020) – Today, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), an organization advancing right-of-center clean energy policies, announced the launch of a new advertising campaign to applaud the conservative leadership of Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) for introducing the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020. The bipartisan legislation, introduced in early June, will […]
CRES applauds Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) for introducing the House companion to the Senate’s Growing Climate Solutions Act. This commonsense, free-market policy will create new opportunities for farmers and ensures that they have a seat at the table to grow our economy while protecting the environment. The House bill builds on the momentum from […]
A Consensus Climate Solution Grown on the Farm By Charles Hernick June 24, 2020 Today, the U.S. Senate is working on a bipartisan climate solution that could help future generations avoid the worst effects of climate change and help farmers across America today. Our nation’s farmers and ranchers always have been a symbol of hard-working Americans, an […]