Strategic & Critical Minerals

As many of you know, this week we’ve been celebrating the fifth-annual National Clean Energy Week. Every year, CRES also uses the occasion to select top conservatives who not only stand up for clean energy but go above their call of duty to advance our energy sector with commonsense, economically sound state and federal legislation. […]

Dear Majority Leader Schumer and Republican Leader McConnell:  Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) has long advocated for commonsense infrastructure legislation that works for all Americans; therefore, we applaud your work and commitment to bipartisanship in the creation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). We particularly applaud the bill’s inclusion of clean energy provisions, which […]

“The bipartisan approval by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to reauthorize the Office of Science is a win for Americans and a win for the environment. The bipartisan bill boasts a 7 percent increase in research funding each year over the next five years and tackles climate change by boosting funding for […]

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2021 — Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) today announced that Shawn Affolter, former deputy assistant secretary for U.S. Senate affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has been hired to serve as vice president of government relations. Additionally, the organization’s communications intern Emily Hannah, a 2021 graduate of Virginia Tech, […]

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 – Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) and the Conservative Energy Network (CEN) announced beginning today, more than 60 business leaders, farmers, state officials, and others from across the country will participate in a three-day series of more than 65 meetings with Republican leaders in U.S. Congress to advocate for greater investment in clean energy. […]

              Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) celebrated successful negotiation of the Energy Act of 2020, the nation’s first clean energy innovation package in more than a decade. The package was included with bipartisan support as part of COVID-19 relief and omnibus spending legislation. In […]

              Washington, DC – Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) today congratulated Republican leaders on appointments to top congressional committees and a congressional caucus.  CRES applauded Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on being selected by her colleagues as the Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Congresswoman […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2020) – Today, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), a conservative organization advancing clean energy policies, and The Western Way (TWW), a free-market conservation organization, released a survey that found that two-thirds (67 percent) of Republican and Republican-leaning voters agree making investments in clean energy are important to our nation’s effort to […]

“You will find no better champion and ambassador than Senator Murkowski when it comes to understanding the importance of critical minerals to our national security and our energy security.  Senator Murkowski has been sounding the alarm on this issue for years and is the lead sponsor of the American Mineral Security Act, which CRES supports.  […]

Originally posted in Roll Call “Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, a conservative group that encourages Republicans to back clean energy initiatives, supports the GOP bill because it aims to help ensure a reliable supply of components for battery storage and solar equipment. “If you want to create the expansion of clean energy, it means you […]